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SHIELING
Definition of SHIELING
noun
An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots shiel (“hut”) (from Old Norse skjól (“shelter, cover”)) + -ing. Akin to Danish skjul (“cover”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (209)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIELING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 SHIELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found SHIELING?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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