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BOXTHORN
Definition of BOXTHORN
noun
Any plant of the genus Lycium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From box + thorn.
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.
BOXTHORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOXTHORN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BHNOORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found BOXTHORN?
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 114 - and most players walked straight past it.
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