The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHEAVE
Definition of SHEAVE
noun
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHEAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEAVE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SHEAVE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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