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SHIRTS

6 letters

Definition of SHIRTS

noun

plural of shirt

SHIRT

noun

An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.

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Word DNA

SHIRTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIRT.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,843)

How it is built

noun

Same root, SHIRT · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian and 7 more.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

SHIRTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 3 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
118
First board
162
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

atcalmusic

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHIRTS
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHIRTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HIRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start SHIRTS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHIRTSLEEVESHIRTSLEEVEDSHIRTSLEEVES

Could you have found SHIRTS?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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