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SYPHER
Definition of SYPHER
verb
To lap the chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown.
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.
SYPHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SYPHER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHPRSY - 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 SYPHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYPHER?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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