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SHEEPISH
Definition of SHEEPISH
adjective
Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHEEPISH · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHEEPISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHEEPISH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EEHHIPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, H and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHEEPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHEEPISH?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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