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TYRANS
Definition of TYRANS
noun
plural of tyran
TYRANT · via tyran
noun
A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
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Word DNA
TYRANS inherits its ancestry from its root, TYRANT.
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 (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TYRANT · 5 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.
TYRANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TYRANS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found TYRANS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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