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SHTUCK
Definition of SHTUCK
noun
Trouble.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Theories include that it is an alteration of stuck with the sch- sound found in many Yiddish words such as schmaltz or schmuck, or that it derives from Yiddish שטיק (shtik) or German Stück (“piece”), as in Stück Dreck (“piece of dirt”) or שטיק דרעק (shtik drek, “piece of shit”).
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.
SHTUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHTUCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CHKSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHTUCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHTUCK?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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