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SHRIEVAL
Definition of SHRIEVAL
adjective
Relating to a sheriff.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHRIEVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
SHRIEVAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEHILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SHRIEV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SHRIEVAL?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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