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SYPHONED
Definition of SYPHONED
verb
simple past and past participle of syphon
SIPHON · via syphon
noun
A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYPHON · 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.
SYPHONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SYPHONED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYPHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SYPHONED?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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