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HEXACTINAL
Definition of HEXACTINAL
adjective
Having six rays.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hex- + actinal.
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.
HEXACTINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HEXACTINAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEHILNTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HEXACTINAL?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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