The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHROW
Definition of SHROW
noun
Alternative form of shrew.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See shrew.
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.
SHROW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHROW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read HORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHROW?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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