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SHUFTI
Definition of SHUFTI
noun
A brief glance.
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Where it comes from
UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”).
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.
SHUFTI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHUFTI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read FHISTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHUFTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHUFTI?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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