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HYPERCATALEXIS
Definition of HYPERCATALEXIS
noun
The addition of one or two syllables to the last foot of a verse
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Where it comes from
Coined in the late 1880s as a back-formation from hypercatalectic, from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκαταληκτικός (huperkatalēktikós), from ὑπερ- (huper-, “over”) + καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “incomplete”)
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.
HYPERCATALEXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERCATALEXIS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHILPRSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HYPERCATAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERCATALEXIS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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