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SHOELACE
Definition of SHOELACE
noun
A lace used for fastening a shoe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
shoe + lace
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOELACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOELACE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SHOELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SHOELACE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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