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SHRIM
Definition of SHRIM
verb
To shrink; to shrivel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *schrymmen, from Old English sċrimman (“shrink, draw up, contract”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrimman, from Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.8%
of traced words share this origin (4,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
SHRIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHRIM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read HIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHRIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHRIM?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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