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EYAS

/ˈaɪəs/4 letters

Definition of EYAS

noun

A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.

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Where it comes from

Rebracketing of a nyas as an eyas.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, EYAS · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EYAS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 20 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
24
First board
149
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

fenn

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EYAS
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EYAS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AESY - 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.

Words that start EYAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EYAS?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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