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HYPOPHYSIS
Definition of HYPOPHYSIS
noun
The pituitary gland.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis, literally “attachment underneath”). By surface analysis, hypo- + -physis.
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.
HYPOPHYSIS 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 26 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
HYPOPHYSIS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HHIOPPSSYY - 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 HYPOPHYSIS?
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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