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SHUFFLING

/ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/9 letters

Definition of SHUFFLING

verb

present participle and gerund of shuffle

SHUFFLE

noun

The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.

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Word DNA

SHUFFLING inherits its ancestry from its root, SHUFFLE.

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, SHUFFLE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHUFFLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 143
Its one board, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

ccristee

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHUFFLING
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHUFFLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FFGHILNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SHUFFL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHUFFLESHUFFLEDSHUFFLERSHUFFLESSHUFFLERSSHUFFLINGSSHUFFLINGLYSHUFFLEBOARDSHUFFLEBOARDS

Could you have found SHUFFLING?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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