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SHIEST
Definition of SHIEST
adjective
Alternative form of shyest, superlative form of shy: most shy.
SHY · via shyest
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Tachawit. The native name for the Shawiya language.
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Word DNA
SHIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, SHY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHY · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EHISST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHIEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIEST?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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