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SHAWARMA
Definition of SHAWARMA
noun
A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “something that is spun or turned over”), verbal noun of چویرمك (çevirmek, “to turn over”) (modern Turkish çevirme and çevirmek).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (60)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAWARMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAWARMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAHMRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found SHAWARMA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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