The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CERIPHS
Definition of CERIPHS
noun
plural of ceriph
SERIF · via ceriph
noun
A short line added to the end of a stroke in traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman.
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Word DNA
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.
CERIPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERIPHS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CERIPHS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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