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AXONIC
Definition of AXONIC
adjective
Relating to axons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From axon + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
AXONIC in a sentence
“Her right hand manipulated the double set of strings of the neurophon while her left fingered the contact controls of the axonic projector.”
Cachalot, 1980
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AXONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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
AXONIC 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found AXONIC?
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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