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SHIPMEN
Definition of SHIPMEN
noun
plural of shipman
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Word DNA
SHIPMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIPMAN.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIPMAN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIPMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SHIPMEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHIMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SHIPMEN?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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