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SAPHEAD

/ˈsæphɛd/7 letters

Definition of SAPHEAD

noun

A simpleton, a stupid person.

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Where it comes from

From sap + head.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SAPHEAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its 2 boards, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
84
First board
122
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.

Built from these letters

SAPHEAD
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SAPHEAD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEHPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start SAPHEA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SAPHEADSSAPHEADED

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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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.

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