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SHORN
Definition of SHORN
verb
past participle of shear
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHORN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found SHORN?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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