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GLYPTIC

/ˈɡlɪp.tɪk/7 letters

Definition of GLYPTIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to engraving, especially on precious stones.

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Other senses

GLYPTIC carries 4 further meanings.

  1. adjective

    Of or relating to engraving or carving, especially on precious stones.

  2. Pertaining to carving or engraving: as, the glyptic art. See glyptics.

  3. In mineralogy, figured.

  4. adjective

    Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, GLYPTIC · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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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.

GLYPTIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 144
Its 37 boards, across 144 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
37
Boards found on
41
First board
142
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

morlaxin

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GLYPTIC
7
Letters
1
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
5
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GLYPTIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGILPTY - 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 GLYPTIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

ANAGLYPTICSANAGLYPTOGRAPHYBONE-CARVINGBURRCASTINGCEROPLASTICS

Words that start GLYPTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GLYPTIC?

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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