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SHIPFUL
Definition of SHIPFUL
noun
As much as a ship will hold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schipful, equivalent to ship + -ful.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIPFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SHIPFUL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FHILPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHIPFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIPFUL?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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