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SHOREMAN
Definition of SHOREMAN
noun
A person employed to spread cod on the beach to dry, and to prepare it for curing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
shore + -man
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOREMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOREMAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SHOREMAN?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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