The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHITES
Definition of SHITES
noun
plural of shite
SHITE
noun
Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.
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Word DNA
SHITES inherits its ancestry from its root, SHITE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHITE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHITES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHISST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHITES?
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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