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HYPERNYMS
Definition of HYPERNYMS
noun
plural of hypernym
noun
A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect (being a hypernym) for ant.
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Word DNA
HYPERNYMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPERNYM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPERNYM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPERNYMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HYPERNYMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHMNPRSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Words that start HYPERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPERNYMS?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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