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OXYNTIC
Definition of OXYNTIC
adjective
Producing acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from Ancient Greek ὀξύνω (oxúnō, “to sharpen”)
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.
OXYNTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OXYNTIC starts with O and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CINOTXY - 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 OXYNTIC?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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