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HYPOXEMIC
Definition of HYPOXEMIC
adjective
Relating to, or afflicted with, hypoxemia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypoxemia + -ic.
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.
HYPOXEMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOXEMIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOPXY - 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 HYPOXE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPOXEMIC?
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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