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SHEATHS
Definition of SHEATHS
noun
plural of sheath
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Word DNA
SHEATHS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHEATH.
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 (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, SHEATH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian.
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.
SHEATHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEATHS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHHSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and H appear more than once.
Words that start SHEATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHEATHS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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