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HEXAPLOID
Definition of HEXAPLOID
adjective
Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hexa- + -ploid.
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.
HEXAPLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 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 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HEXAPLOID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHILOPX - 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 HEXAPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HEXAPLOID?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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