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HYPERGOLIC
Definition of HYPERGOLIC
adjective
Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ol + -ic, after the model of German Hypergol and hypergolisch. Equivalent to hypergol + -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.
HYPERGOLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 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 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERGOLIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILOPRY - 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.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found HYPERGOLIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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