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SHANTY
Definition of SHANTY
noun
A roughly-built hut or cabin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”). An alternative theory that the word derives from Irish seantí (meaning "old house") is not considered likely by lexicologists.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHANTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHANTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHANTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found SHANTY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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