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SYRINX
Definition of SYRINX
noun
A set of panpipes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sȳrinx (“reed; reed pipe, panpipes”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “panpipes; pipe-shaped object”), from Pre-Greek. Doublet of syringe. The plural form syringes is a learned borrowing from Latin sȳringes.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYRINX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYRINX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read INRSXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SYRINX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYRINX?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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