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DOXIES
Definition of DOXIES
noun
plural of doxy
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Another sense
DOXIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of doxy.
Word DNA
DOXIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DOXY.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOXY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
DOXIES in a sentence
“'doxies, which is quite an assumption on my part [if I were really to make it], cf.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOXIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 167 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOXIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIOSX - 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 16
Could you have found DOXIES?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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