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SHOVELED
Definition of SHOVELED
verb
simple past and past participle of shovel
noun
A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
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Word DNA
SHOVELED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOVEL.
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, SHOVEL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOVELED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
SHOVELED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SHOVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SHOVELED?
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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