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GRIFFINS
Definition of GRIFFINS
noun
plural of griffin
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Word DNA
GRIFFINS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIFFIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,376)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIFFIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRIFFINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIFFINS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GRIFFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRIFFINS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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