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COXITE
Definition of COXITE
noun
Either of a pair of lamellate structures on the underside of each abdominal segment in certain insects.
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Where it comes from
From coxa + -ite. By surface analysis, cox- + -ite.
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.
COXITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COXITE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIOTX - 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 COXITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COXITE?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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