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SHINDIG
Definition of SHINDIG
noun
A noisy party or festivities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of shindy, or from Scottish Gaelic sìnteag (“jump, leap”).
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.
SHINDIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHINDIG starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGHIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 SHINDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SHINDIG?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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