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SHUCKLE
Definition of SHUCKLE
verb
To sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish שאָקלען (shoklen). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skukkijaną.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (213)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHUCKLE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHUCKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHUCKLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHKLSU - 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 SHUCKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SHUCKLE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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