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SUFFIX

/ˈsʌfɪks/6 letters

Definition of SUFFIX

noun

A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,664)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-fixsub-

Same root, SUFFIX · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SUFFIX in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
24
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

greeneyedkat

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUFFIX
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUFFIX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read FFISUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start SUFFIX

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUFFIXALSUFFIXEDSUFFIXESSUFFIXINGSUFFIXIONSUFFIXIONSSUFFIXATIONSUFFIXATIONS

Could you have found SUFFIX?

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