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SHORTIE
Definition of SHORTIE
noun
Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From short + -ie.
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.
SHORTIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHORTIE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHIORST - 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.
Words that start SHORTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SHORTIE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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