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SYLPHID
Definition of SYLPHID
noun
A young or little sylph.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French sylphide. By surface analysis, sylph + -id.
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.
SYLPHID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYLPHID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHILPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYLPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SYLPHID?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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