The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHIRR
Definition of SHIRR
verb
To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown.
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.
SHIRR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIRR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read HIRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHIRR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIRR?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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