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SHARPEST
Definition of SHARPEST
adjective
superlative form of sharp: most sharp
adjective
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
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Word DNA
SHARPEST inherits its ancestry from its root, SHARP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, SHARP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Irish, Latin, Polish, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHARPEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHARPEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 SHARPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHARPEST?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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