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SYTHED
Definition of SYTHED
verb
simple past and past participle of sythe
SCYTHE · via sythe
noun
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
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Word DNA
SYTHED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCYTHE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Icelandic
- Dutch
- Middle Low German
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCYTHE · 11 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.
SYTHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SYTHED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SYTHED?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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