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HYENIC
Definition of HYENIC
adjective
Characteristic of a hyena.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyena + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYENIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found HYENIC?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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