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METHOXY
Definition of METHOXY
noun
The univalent radical CH3-O- derived from methanol
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From meth- + oxy-.
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.
METHOXY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHOXY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHMOTXY - 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 METHOX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METHOXY?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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