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OXYGENOUS
Definition of OXYGENOUS
adjective
oxygenic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oxygen + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OXYGENOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
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
OXYGENOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGNOOSUXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXYGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXYGENOUS?
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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