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SHROUDY
Definition of SHROUDY
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shroud + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHROUDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHROUDY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DHORSUY - 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 SHROUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHROUDY?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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