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SHAMROCK

/ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/8 letters

Definition of SHAMROCK

noun

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

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Where it comes from

From Irish seamróg, from Old Irish semróc, diminutive of semar, semair (“clover”), from Proto-Celtic *semarā, *semaris (compare Gaulish uisumaris (“clover”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *semh₁r-, *smeh₁r-. Related to Old Norse smári (“clover”) and possibly Georgian სამყურა (samq̇ura, “clover”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHAMROCK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 98
Its 17 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
35
First board
98
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SHAMROCK
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHAMROCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACHKMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start SHAMRO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHAMROCKS

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OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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