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SHOPPIER

8 letters

Definition of SHOPPIER

adjective

comparative form of shoppy: more shoppy

SHOPPY

adjective

Inclined to talk shop; full of jargon.

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Word DNA

SHOPPIER inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOP.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,153)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, SHOP · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, French.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SHOPPIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

sillynut

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SHOPPIER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SHOPPIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SHOPPI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SHOPPINGSHOPPIESTSHOPPINGS

Could you have found SHOPPIER?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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