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SHREWD
Definition of SHREWD
adjective
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English sċrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew. The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16 c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17 c.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHREWD · 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.
SHREWD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHREWD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHREWD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SHREWD?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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