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SHEWEL
Definition of SHEWEL
noun
Alternative form of sewel (“scarecrow”).
noun
A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
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Word DNA
SHEWEL inherits its ancestry from its root, SEWEL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, SEWEL · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHEWEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SHEWEL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EEHLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHEWEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found SHEWEL?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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