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SHEARS
Definition of SHEARS
noun
plural of shear
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Word DNA
SHEARS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHEAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, SHEAR · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEARS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHEARS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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