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SYRUP
Definition of SYRUP
noun
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYRUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SYRUP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read PRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SYRUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SYRUP?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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