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ANOXIC
Definition of ANOXIC
adjective
Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From an- + oxygen + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANOXIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 188 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANOXIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ANOXIC?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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