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EYRIE

/ˈɪə.ɹi/5 letters

Definition of EYRIE

noun

The nest of a bird of prey.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimately from Latin ārea.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,711)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, EYRIE · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

EYRIE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 36 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
24
First board
136
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

sdr95

on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EYRIE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EYRIE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EYRIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EYRIE?

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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