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HYPOCAUSTS
Definition of HYPOCAUSTS
noun
plural of hypocaust
noun
An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
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Word DNA
HYPOCAUSTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPOCAUST.
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 (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPOCAUST · 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.
HYPOCAUSTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOCAUSTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHOPSSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start HYPOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPOCAUSTS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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