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HOMOSEX
Definition of HOMOSEX
noun
Homosexual sexual intercourse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From homo- + sex. Attested since the 20th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HOMOSEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
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 found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
HOMOSEX starts with H and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EHMOOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HOMOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOMOSEX?
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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