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OUPHS
Definition of OUPHS
noun
plural of ouph
AWF · via ouph
noun
An elf.
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Word DNA
OUPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, AWF.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (819)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AWF · 2 relatives 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.
OUPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUPHS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found OUPHS?
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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