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SHEERS
Definition of SHEERS
noun
plural of sheer
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Word DNA
SHEERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,246)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Old English, Old French, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Scots and 1 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHEERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 SHEERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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