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HYPODORIAN
Definition of HYPODORIAN
adjective
Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypo- + Dorian; see Dorian mode.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPODORIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HYPODORIAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADHINOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HYPODORIAN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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