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SHISHA
Definition of SHISHA
noun
An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (510)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHISHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 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
SHISHA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHHISS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and H appear more than once.
Words that start SHISHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHISHA?
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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