The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
GRYPHONS
Definition of GRYPHONS
noun
plural of gryphon
GRIFFIN · via gryphon
noun
A mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
GRYPHONS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of gryphon.
Word DNA
GRYPHONS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIFFIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIFFIN · 7 relatives in the game
GRYPHONS in a sentence
“She had Starblade and Kethra's approval of this liaison, but in many ways the gryphons were a second set of parents to her lover, and winning their approval as well made her spirits rise with a glow of accomplishment.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRYPHONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRYPHONS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHNOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found GRYPHONS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER