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SHIPWRECKS
Definition of SHIPWRECKS
noun
plural of shipwreck
noun
A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.
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Word DNA
SHIPWRECKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIPWRECK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,213)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIPWRECK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIPWRECKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIPWRECKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKPRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SHIPWR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIPWRECKS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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