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SCYPHUS
Definition of SCYPHUS
noun
A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin scyphus (“cup”), from Ancient Greek σκῠ́φος (skŭ́phos).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCYPHUS · 1 relative 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.
SCYPHUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCYPHUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHPSSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SCYPHUS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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