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SHEEPLE

/ˈʃiːpəl/7 letters

Definition of SHEEPLE

noun

People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Blend of sheep (“likened to sheep in a herd that follow without independent thought”) + people.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SHEEPLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
113
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

jeoulie68x

on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHEEPLE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SHEEPLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEEHLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SHEEPL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SHEEPLE?

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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.

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