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SHOOL
Definition of SHOOL
noun
A shovel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schovele (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English sċofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“shovel”), equivalent to shove + -el (instrumental/agent suffix). Cognate with Scots shuffle, shule, shuil (“shovel”), Saterland Frisian Sköifel (“shovel”), West Frisian skoffel, schoffel (“hoe, spade, shovel”), Dutch schoffel (“spade, hoe”), Low German Schüfel, Schuffel (“shovel”), German Schaufel (“shovel”), Danish skovl (“shovel”), Swedish skyffel, skovel (“shovel”), Icelandic skófla (“shovel”).
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.
SHOOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOOL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read HLOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SHOOL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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