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NIXY
Definition of NIXY
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.
NIXY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
NIXY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read INXY - 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 NIXY?
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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