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YARPHA

/ˈjɑːfə/6 letters

Definition of YARPHA

noun

Peat bog.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a Scandinavian language.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, YARPHA · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

YARPHA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 12 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
28
First board
155
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

robert

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

YARPHA
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

YARPHA starts with Y and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start YARPHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found YARPHA?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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