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YPSILONS
Definition of YPSILONS
noun
plural of ypsilon
UPSILON · via ypsilon
noun
The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
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Word DNA
YPSILONS inherits its ancestry from its root, UPSILON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UPSILON · 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.
YPSILONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YPSILONS starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILNOPSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found YPSILONS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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