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HYPHEN
Definition of HYPHEN
noun
The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin hyphen, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔φέν (hŭphén, “in one, as a single word”), univerbation of ῠ̔φ’ ἕν (hŭph’ hén, “under one”), from ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under”) + ἕν (hén, “one”), neuter of εἷς (heîs, “one”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPHEN · 3 relatives 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.
HYPHEN 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 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPHEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHHNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HYPHEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPHEN?
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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