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SHEDDER
Definition of SHEDDER
noun
Agent noun of shed; one who sheds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schedere (“killer”); equivalent to shed + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
SHEDDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHEDDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEEHRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHEDDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHEDDER?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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