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SLEEPY
Definition of SLEEPY
adjective
Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLEEPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLEEPY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EELPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SLEEPY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found SLEEPY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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