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SHLUB
Definition of SHLUB
noun
Alternative spelling of schlub.
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Word DNA
SHLUB inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHLUB.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (129)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHLUB · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
SHLUB in a sentence
“That photo looks like some shlub is posing next to a cardboard cutout of a real dancer.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHLUB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHLUB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BHLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHLUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found SHLUB?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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