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SHRUGGED
Definition of SHRUGGED
verb
simple past and past participle of shrug
noun
A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.
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Word DNA
SHRUGGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHRUG.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (946)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHRUG · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHRUGGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHRUGGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGGHRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SHRUGGED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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