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SHEARED
Definition of SHEARED
verb
simple past and past participle of shear
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Word DNA
SHEARED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHEAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, SHEAR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish and 1 more.
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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.
SHEARED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEARED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHEARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SHEARED?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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