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PORPHYRIES
Definition of PORPHYRIES
noun
plural of porphyry
PORPHYRY
noun
A hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. A purple-red rock of this kind.
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Word DNA
PORPHYRIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PORPHYRY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,613)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PORPHYRY · 4 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.
PORPHYRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORPHYRIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIOPPRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and R appear more than once.
Words that start PORPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PORPHYRIES?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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