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BYSSINE
Definition of BYSSINE
adjective
Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin byssinus (“made of byssus”), from Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos, “made of byssus”). See byssus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,613)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BYSSINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BYSSINE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BYSSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BYSSINE?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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