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SHIVS
Definition of SHIVS
noun
plural 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).
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Word DNA
SHIVS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHIV.
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.
SHIVS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 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
SHIVS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HISSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SHIVS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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