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SHIKAR
Definition of SHIKAR
noun
Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Urdu شکار / Hindi शिकार (śikār), from Classical Persian شکار (šikār).
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.
SHIKAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIKAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AHIKRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SHIKAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SHIKAR?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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