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SHEARWATER
Definition of SHEARWATER
noun
Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
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Where it comes from
From shear + water.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SHEARWATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHEARWATER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEEHRRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, A and R appear more than once.
Words that start SHEARW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHEARWATER?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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