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SHLEMIELS
Definition of SHLEMIELS
noun
plural of shlemiel
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Word DNA
SHLEMIELS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHLEMIEL.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (225)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHLEMIEL · 4 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.
SHLEMIELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHLEMIELS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHILLMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, L and E appear more than once.
Words that start SHLEMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHLEMIELS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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