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SHERRY
Definition of SHERRY
noun
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (984)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHERRY · 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.
SHERRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHERRY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SHERRY?
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