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SLEEPS
Definition of SLEEPS
noun
plural of sleep
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Word DNA
SLEEPS inherits its ancestry from its root, SLEEP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLEEP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLEEPS 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 70 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
SLEEPS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SLEEPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLEEPS?
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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