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HYPERGOLICS
Definition of HYPERGOLICS
Wiktionary has no entry for HYPERGOLICS itself. This is its base word, HYPERGOLIC.
adjective
Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HYPERGOLIC.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (930)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPERGOLIC · 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.
HYPERGOLICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERGOLICS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPERGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERGOLICS?
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