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SHIV
Definition of SHIV
noun
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHIV · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIV in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 560 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SHIV starts with S and ends with V. Sorted, its letters read HISV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SHIV?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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