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SHATTER
Definition of SHATTER
verb
Of brittle solid materials (like glass or ice), to violently break into pieces.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English schateren (“to scatter, dash”), an assibilated form of Middle English scateren ("to scatter"; see scatter), from Old English scaterian, from Proto-Germanic *skat- (“to smash, scatter”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”), Low German schateren, Albanian shkatërroj (“to destroy, devastate”). Doublet of scatter.
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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.
SHATTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SHATTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHATTER?
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