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SHWA
Definition of SHWA
noun
Alternative form of schwa.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHWA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHWA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found SHWA?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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