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SHOPLIFTING
Definition of SHOPLIFTING
noun
The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb.
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.
SHOPLIFTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 37, 26 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOPLIFTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGHIILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SHOPLIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SHOPLIFTING?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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