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SHAVELING
Definition of SHAVELING
noun
Someone with all or part of their head shaved, notably a tonsured clergyman; a priest or monk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shave + -ling.
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.
SHAVELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAVELING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHAVELING?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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