The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SHWAS
Definition of SHWAS
noun
plural of shwa
SCHWA · via shwa
noun
An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
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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.
SHWAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHWAS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHWAS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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