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SHLEP
Definition of SHLEP
noun
Alternative form of schlep.
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Other senses
SHLEP carries 3 further meanings.
verb
walk or tramp about
noun
(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
noun
a tedious or difficult journey
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHLEP · 1 relative in the game
SHLEP in a sentence
“Do you want to play a part? shlep needs your help: shlep is seeking co-editors to contribute regularly to its content and help guide its construction and evolution.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHLEP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHLEP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EHLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHLEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SHLEP?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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