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SHORTENERS
Definition of SHORTENERS
noun
plural of shortener
SHORTENER
noun
One who, or that which, shortens.
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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.
SHORTENERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHORTENERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHNORRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, R and E appear more than once.
Words that start SHORTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHORTENERS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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