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AMPHIOXI

8 letters

Definition of AMPHIOXI

noun

plural of amphioxus

AMPHIOXUS

noun

The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.

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Word DNA

AMPHIOXI inherits its ancestry from its root, AMPHIOXUS.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,569)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, AMPHIOXUS · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

AMPHIOXI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 9 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
85
First board
157
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

jazzrchyPATRON

on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

AMPHIOXI
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AMPHIOXI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHIIMOPX - 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 AMPHIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

AMPHIOXUSAMPHIOXUSES

Could you have found AMPHIOXI?

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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.

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