The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HYPSOMETER
Definition of HYPSOMETER
noun
An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypso- + -meter.
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.
HYPSOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPSOMETER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHMOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HYPSOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPSOMETER?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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