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CULEXES
Definition of CULEXES
Wiktionary has no entry for CULEXES itself. This is its base word, CULEX.
noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CULEX.
Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).
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.
CULEXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULEXES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found CULEXES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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