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HYPOPHYSES
Definition of HYPOPHYSES
noun
plural of hypophysis
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Word DNA
HYPOPHYSES inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPOPHYSIS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYPOPHYSIS · 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.
HYPOPHYSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 83 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOPHYSES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHHOPPSSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H, Y, P and S appear more than once.
Words that start HYPOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPOPHYSES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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