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SCYPHIFORM
Definition of SCYPHIFORM
adjective
Shaped like a cup.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin scyphus (“a cup”) + -iform.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCYPHIFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCYPHIFORM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CFHIMOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCYPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found SCYPHIFORM?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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