The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHELLY
Definition of SHELLY
adjective
Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shell + -y.
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.
SHELLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHELLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLLSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHELLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHELLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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