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HEXAPOD
Definition of HEXAPOD
noun
Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hexa- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
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.
HEXAPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HEXAPOD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHOPX - 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 HEXAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEXAPOD?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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