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SHINER
Definition of SHINER
noun
One who shines; a luminary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).
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.
SHINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHINER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SHINER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SHINER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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