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MYXOS

/ˈmɪksəʊ/5 letters

Definition of MYXOS

Wiktionary has no entry for MYXOS itself. This is its base word, MYXO.

noun

Myxomatosis.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for MYXO.

Shortening.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MYXOS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 4 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
87
First board
105
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

vortenjou

on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MYXOS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MYXOS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read MOSXY - 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 MYXOS?

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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