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SHORTAGE
Definition of SHORTAGE
noun
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From short + -age.
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.
SHORTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SHORTAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGHORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHORTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHORTAGE?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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