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THYRSE
Definition of THYRSE
noun
A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French thyrse, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of thyrsus, torse, and torso.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% 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.
THYRSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
THYRSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THYRSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THYRSE?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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