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NYMPHS
Definition of NYMPHS
noun
plural of nymph
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Word DNA
NYMPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, NYMPH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NYMPH · 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.
NYMPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NYMPHS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HMNPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found NYMPHS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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