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GYPSA
Definition of GYPSA
noun
plural of gypsum
noun
A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin gypsa, plural of gypsum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% 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.
GYPSA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GYPSA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GYPSA?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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