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SHEIKH
Definition of SHEIKH
noun
The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”). Sense 4 (“a romantic lover”) is from the 1921 film The Sheik.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,130)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHEIKH · 3 relatives 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.
SHEIKH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHEIKH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHHIKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start SHEIKH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHEIKH?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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