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HYPSOMETRIC
Definition of HYPSOMETRIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to hypsometry (measuring elevation relative to sea level)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypsometry + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPSOMETRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HYPSOMETRIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HYPSOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPSOMETRIC?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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