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SHRIEKING
Definition of SHRIEKING
verb
present participle and gerund of shriek
noun
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shriek + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHRIEK · 9 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.
SHRIEKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHRIEKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIIKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHRIEK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHRIEKING?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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