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AXILE
Definition of AXILE
adjective
Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed.
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Where it comes from
From ax(is) + -ile.
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.
AXILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 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 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AXILE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILX - 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
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AXILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found AXILE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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