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SHELFIEST
Definition of SHELFIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for SHELFIEST itself. This is its base word, SHELFY.
adjective
Abounding in shelves; containing crossbedded hard and soft layers that result in rocky shelves at varying angles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SHELFY.
From shelf + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHELF · 13 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHELFIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHELFIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEFHILSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear 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.
Words that start SHELFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHELFIEST?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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