The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HYPERICIN
Definition of HYPERICIN
noun
A red-coloured anthraquinone derivative, extracted from St. John's wort or prepared synthetically, used as an antidepressant and antiviral agent.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPERICIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERICIN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHIINPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HYPERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERICIN?
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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