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HEXYLS
Definition of HEXYLS
noun
plural of hexyl
noun
Any of many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C6H13, formally derived from hexane by the loss of a hydrogen atom
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Word DNA
HEXYLS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEXYL.
How it is built
Same root, HEXYL · 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.
HEXYLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEXYLS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLSXY - 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.
Could you have found HEXYLS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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