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SHOPPES
Definition of SHOPPES
noun
plural of shoppe
noun
A fanciful spelling of shop, chiefly used in the names of businesses to give an air of old-fashionedness.
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Word DNA
SHOPPES inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, SHOP · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOPPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 87 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOPPES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOPPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHOPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOPPES?
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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