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SHIRTBAND
Definition of SHIRTBAND
noun
A strip of material sewn into a shirt to give it structure or to attach other elements.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shirt + band.
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.
SHIRTBAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIRTBAND starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHIRTB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIRTBAND?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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