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LYNXES
Definition of LYNXES
noun
plural of lynx
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Another sense
LYNXES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of lynx.
Word DNA
LYNXES inherits its ancestry from its root, LYNX.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, LYNX · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LYNXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
LYNXES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELNSXY - 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 LYNXES?
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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