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SHIPBUILDER
Definition of SHIPBUILDER
noun
A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ship + builder.
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.
SHIPBUILDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SHIPBUILDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BDEHIILPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SHIPBUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SHIPBUILDER?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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