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HYPERBOLICAL

12 letters

Definition of HYPERBOLICAL

adjective

Alternative form of hyperbolic.

HYPERBOLIC

adjective

Of or relating to hyperbole.

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Word DNA

HYPERBOLICAL inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPERBOLIC.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,655)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ic

Same root, HYPERBOLIC · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
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.

HYPERBOLICAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
67
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.

First ever to find it

eve_nebula

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HYPERBOLICAL
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
11
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HYPERBOLICAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHILLOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Words that start HYPERBOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HYPERBOLICAL?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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