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SHOOD
Definition of SHOOD
verb
The husk of oats after it has been threshed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle Low German schôde, from Old Saxon *skōda, from Proto-West Germanic *skaudā, from Proto-Germanic *skaudō (“sheath, husk”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ- (“to cover, surround, enwrap”). Cognate with Middle Dutch schode (“pod, shell, husk”), German Schote (“pod, hull”), Icelandic skauð (“a horse's sheath”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Middle Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
SHOOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHOOD?
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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