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SHIBBOLETH
Definition of SHIBBOLETH
noun
A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת / שיבולת (šibbṓleṯ, “ear [of wheat] or stream, torrent”). Doublet of sebboleth and Middle English sebolech, both from Late Latin sebboleth in the Vulgate.
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.
SHIBBOLETH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIBBOLETH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BBEHHILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and B appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SHIBBOLETH?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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