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SHAVER

/ˈʃeɪvə/6 letters

Definition of SHAVER

noun

One who shaves.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er. In its meaning of a boy, lad, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from Romani chavo (“young man”), which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from Sanskrit छा (chā, “young animal”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHAVER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 14 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
20
First board
95
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

eileenn701

on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHAVER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHAVER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHRSV - 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 SHAVER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHAVERS

Could you have found SHAVER?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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