The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHOULDERED
Definition of SHOULDERED
adjective
Furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
SHOULDERED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOULDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHOULDER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOULDERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOULDERED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEHLORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start SHOULD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOULDERED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER