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VAMPYRS
Definition of VAMPYRS
noun
plural of vampyr
VAMPIRE · via vampyr
noun
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
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Word DNA
VAMPYRS inherits its ancestry from its root, VAMPIRE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
44th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (64)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAMPIRE · 14 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.
VAMPYRS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAMPYRS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMPRSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VAMPYR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VAMPYRS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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