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SHAMROCKS
Definition of SHAMROCKS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
SHAMROCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHAMROCK.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Irish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, SHAMROCK · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAMROCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAMROCKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHKMORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SHAMROCKS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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