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HEXADECIMALS
Definition of HEXADECIMALS
noun
plural of hexadecimal
noun
A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
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Word DNA
HEXADECIMALS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEXADECIMAL.
How it is built
Same root, HEXADECIMAL · 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.
HEXADECIMALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEXADECIMALS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEHILMSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HEXADECIMALS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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