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SHOOK
Definition of SHOOK
noun
A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare shock (“a bundle of sheaves”).
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.
SHOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOOK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHOOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOOK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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