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HEXAPODY
Definition of HEXAPODY
noun
A verse or measure of six metrical feet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hexa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
HEXAPODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HEXAPODY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEHOPXY - 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 HEXAPODY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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