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CYPRES
Definition of CYPRES
noun
Obsolete spelling of cypress (“tree”).
noun
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.
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Word DNA
CYPRES inherits its ancestry from its root, CYPRESS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CYPRESS · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Hebrew.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CYPRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYPRES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CYPRES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found CYPRES?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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