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HELIX
Definition of HELIX
noun
A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).
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.
HELIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 208 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
HELIX starts with H and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EHILX - 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.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found HELIX?
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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