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HYPERONS
Definition of HYPERONS
noun
plural of hyperon
noun
Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYPERON · 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.
HYPERONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERONS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHNOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found HYPERONS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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