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SHELDRAKE
Definition of SHELDRAKE
noun
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sheld- (“parti-colored”) (akin to Middle Dutch shillede) + drake (“male duck”).
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.
SHELDRAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHELDRAKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHKLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SHELDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHELDRAKE?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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