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HYPOGAEAN
Definition of HYPOGAEAN
adjective
Alternative form of hypogean.
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Word DNA
HYPOGAEAN inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPOGEAN.
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 (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPOGEAN · 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.
HYPOGAEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOGAEAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HYPOGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found HYPOGAEAN?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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