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SHIEL
Definition of SHIEL
noun
A shepherd's hut or shieling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schele. Akin to Old Frisian skiāle (“stable”) and Old Norse skjól (“shelter”). See also sheal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIEL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EHILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SHIEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SHIEL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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