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SHRIVELED
Definition of SHRIVELED
adjective
Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
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Word DNA
SHRIVELED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHRIVEL.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Swedish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (975)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHRIVEL · 2 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.
SHRIVELED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 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 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHRIVELED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SHRIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SHRIVELED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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