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SHEWS

5 letters

Definition of SHEWS

noun

plural of shew

SHOW · via shew

verb

To display, convey or exhibit; to have something available for others to see; to direct attention to something.

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Word DNA

SHEWS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOW.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,595)

How it is built

noun

Same root, SHOW · 23 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Proto-Slavic, Russian, Sanskrit, Scots.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHEWS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its one board, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

hamonrye

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHEWS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHEWS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found SHEWS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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