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GRAWLIX
Definition of GRAWLIX
noun
A series of images or symbols used in speech bubbles in comic strips to indicate one or more swear words. An image resembling an illegible scribble used for this purpose. A string of typographical symbols (such as "@#$%&!") used for this purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A meaningless word coined by the American comic strip writer Mort Walker (1923–2018) in a humorous article entitled “Let’s Get Down to Grawlixes” published in The Cartoonist (1964), possibly influenced by growl.
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.
GRAWLIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
GRAWLIX starts with G and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AGILRWX - 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.
Could you have found GRAWLIX?
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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