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SHIPWRECK
Definition of SHIPWRECK
noun
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Dutch scheepswrak (“shipwreck”), German Schiffswrack (“shipwreck”), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.
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.
SHIPWRECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SHIPWRECK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHIPWR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIPWRECK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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