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SHANTI
Definition of SHANTI
interjection
A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
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Where it comes from
Transliteration of Sanskrit शान्ति (śānti, “calmness, peace, tranquillity; quietness, rest”), from शम् (śam, “to exert or fatigue oneself, toil at; to become tired, come to an end, finish, stop; to be calm, contented, quiet, or satisfied; to calm, pacify, settle, soothe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (“to exert oneself, toil”)) + -ति (-ti, suffix denoting a state of being).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
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.
SHANTI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHANTI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHANTI?
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