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AXIS
Definition of AXIS
noun
An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin axis (“axle, axis”) in the 16th century. Via Latin cognate with ala, aisle, atelier. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- cognate with inherited English axle and borrowed axo-, axon.
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.
AXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AXIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AISX - 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.
Words that start AXIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found AXIS?
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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