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SHERIFF
Definition of SHERIFF
noun
(High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English shirreve, in turn inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire + reeve. There is no etymological connection to sharif (Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour with cognates in other languages, including Persian, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
9 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (109)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHERIFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHERIFF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read EFFHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHERIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHERIFF?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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