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EXONYM
Definition of EXONYM
noun
An external name for a place, people or a language used by outgroup members (such as foreigners) instead of ingroup members (such as native-language speakers).
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Where it comes from
From exo- (“outside”) + -onym (“name”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXONYM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EXONYM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMNOXY - 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.
Words that start EXONYM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXONYM?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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