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SHRIVED
Definition of SHRIVED
verb
simple past and past participle of shrive
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Another sense
SHRIVED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of shrive.
Word DNA
SHRIVED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHRIVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHRIVE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, 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.
SHRIVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHRIVED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIRSV - 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 SHRIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SHRIVED?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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