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GLYPHIC
Definition of GLYPHIC
adjective
Carved, sculpted.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GLYPHIC carries 4 further meanings.
Of the nature of a glyph or ideograph: as, glyphic words.
Of or pertaining to a glyph or glyphs; pertaining to carving or sculpture.
noun
A picture or figure by which a word is implied; a hieroglyphic.
adjective
Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γλυφικός (gluphikós).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% 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.
GLYPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 297 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLYPHIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGHILPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GLYPHIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GLYPHIC?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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