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NIXE
Definition of NIXE
noun
Alternative spelling of nixie (“female water-elf”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NIXE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIXE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINX - 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 NIXE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NIXE?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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