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RYPE
Definition of RYPE
noun
A bird, the ptarmigan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Danish rype.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Danish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
36th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (134)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
RYPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RYPE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found RYPE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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