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HORSEPOX
Definition of HORSEPOX
noun
A disease of horses caused by an orthopoxvirus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From horse + pox.
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.
HORSEPOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORSEPOX starts with H and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EHOOPRSX - 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 HORSEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HORSEPOX?
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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