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SPHINX
Definition of SPHINX
noun
A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
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Word DNA
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.
SPHINX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPHINX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read HINPSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found SPHINX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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