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SYLPHID
Definition of SYLPHID
noun
A young or little sylph.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SYLPHID carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A young or diminutive sylph.
adjective
Relating to or resembling a sylph.
noun
A diminutive of sylph. Also spelled sylphide, and sometimes used adjectively.
noun
A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Where it comes from
From French sylphide. By surface analysis, sylph + -id.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYLPHID · 3 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.
SYLPHID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SYLPHID. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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