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HYPERGOL
Definition of HYPERGOL
noun
Any hypergolic propellant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A backformation derived from hypergolic (q.v.), after earlier German Hypergol.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (927)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPERGOL · 1 relative 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.
HYPERGOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERGOL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EGHLOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPERG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERGOL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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