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HYPERSALINE
Definition of HYPERSALINE
adjective
Having an abnormally high salinity
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyper- + saline.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
HYPERSALINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERSALINE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHILNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HYPERSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found HYPERSALINE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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