The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

SHLEPS

/ʃlɛps/6 letters

Definition of SHLEPS

noun

plural of shlep

SCHLEP · via shlep

verb

To carry, drag, or lug.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, SHLEP · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SHLEPS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its 2 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
118
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

jeffjk

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHLEPS
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SHLEPS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found SHLEPS?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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