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MYXOVIRAL
Definition of MYXOVIRAL
adjective
Relating to myxoviruses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From myxo- + viral.
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.
MYXOVIRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 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
MYXOVIRAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILMORVXY - 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 MYXOVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MYXOVIRAL?
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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