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ORYXES
Definition of ORYXES
noun
plural of oryx
noun
Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns
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Another sense
ORYXES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of oryx.
Word DNA
ORYXES inherits its ancestry from its root, ORYX.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORYX · 1 relative in the game
ORYXES in a sentence
“Before the 20th century the region was home to several different species of gazelle, wild asses, hartebeests, oryxes, ibexes, dorcas and onagers.”
Mysterious Desert Lines Found To Be Animal Traps | Impact Lab, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORYXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORYXES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EORSXY - 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 ORYXES?
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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