The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PYROPES
Definition of PYROPES
noun
plural of pyrope
noun
A variety of garnet, of a poppy or blood-red color, frequently with a tinge of orange. It is used as a gemstone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
PYROPES inherits its ancestry from its root, PYROPE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYROPE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYROPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
PYROPES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EOPPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Could you have found PYROPES?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER