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WOODSHED

/ˈwʊdˌʃɛd/8 letters

Definition of WOODSHED

noun

An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.

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Where it comes from

From wood + shed.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

WOODSHED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 2 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
131
First board
132
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.

First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.

Built from these letters

WOODSHED
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WOODSHED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEHOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and D appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WOODSH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WOODSHEDSWOODSHOCKWOODSHOCKSWOODSHRIKEWOODSHEDDEDWOODSHRIKESWOODSHEDDING

Could you have found WOODSHED?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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