Hyphenation of sphinx

Are you trying to hyphenate sphinx? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

sphinx

Definitions of sphinx:

1.	An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
2.	(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body Daughter of Typhon
3.	One of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

Synonyms of sphinx:

noun	person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	Sphinx, mythical monster, mythical creature
noun	statue

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.