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SIPHONED
Definition of SIPHONED
verb
simple past and past participle of siphon
noun
A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
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Word DNA
SIPHONED inherits its ancestry from its root, SIPHON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIPHON · 2 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.
SIPHONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIPHONED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHINOPS - 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.
Words that start SIPHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found SIPHONED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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