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SHINNED
Definition of SHINNED
verb
simple past and past participle of shin
noun
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Word DNA
SHINNED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIN.
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 (4,019)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIN · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names 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.
SHINNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHINNED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHINNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHINNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHINNED?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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