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SHIRRED

/ʃɜːd/7 letters

Definition of SHIRRED

verb

simple past and past participle of shirr

SHIRR

verb

To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.

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Word DNA

SHIRRED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIRR.

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, SHIRR · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHIRRED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 5 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
139
First board
155
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

rizzome

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHIRRED
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHIRRED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found SHIRRED?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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