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SHUSH

/ʃʊʃ/5 letters

Definition of SHUSH

verb

To be quiet; to keep quiet.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Imitative. Compare shh and hush.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

SHUSH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
118
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 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

kendragons

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHUSH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHUSH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HHSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and H appear more than once.

Words that start SHUSH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHUSHEDSHUSHERSHUSHESSHUSHERSSHUSHING

Could you have found SHUSH?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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