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SHINDY
Definition of SHINDY
noun
A shindig.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain; compare shinney, shinty. Tentatively suggested to be a compound of the Irish words seinn (“play, sing”) and tí (“house”).
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.
SHINDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHINDY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DHINSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHINDY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHINDY?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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