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SHERPAS
Definition of SHERPAS
noun
plural of sherpa
noun
A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
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Word DNA
SHERPAS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHERPA.
How it is built
Same root, SHERPA · 2 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.
SHERPAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHERPAS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHERPAS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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