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SYPHONS
Definition of SYPHONS
noun
plural 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
SYPHONS inherits its ancestry from its root, SIPHON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SIPHON · 12 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.
SYPHONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SYPHONS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HNOPSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYPHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYPHONS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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