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SHYLOCK
Definition of SHYLOCK
noun
A loan shark; a usurer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).
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.
SHYLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHYLOCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CHKLOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHYLOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SHYLOCK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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