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SHORTENER
Definition of SHORTENER
noun
One who, or that which, shortens.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shorten + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHORTEN · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHORTENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHORTENER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHNORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start SHORTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHORTENER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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