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HYPERBOLOID
Definition of HYPERBOLOID
noun
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
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Where it comes from
From hyperbola + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYPERBOLA · 4 relatives 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.
HYPERBOLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERBOLOID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEHILOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HYPERBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERBOLOID?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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