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SHERPA
Definition of SHERPA
noun
A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Sherpa. The verb derives from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHERPA · 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.
SHERPA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHERPA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SHERPA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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