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ALEXITHYMIC
Definition of ALEXITHYMIC
noun
A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALEXITHYMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 116, 13 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ALEXITHYMIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIILMTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ALEXITH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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