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OXYPHILES
Definition of OXYPHILES
Wiktionary has no entry for OXYPHILES itself. This is its base word, OXYPHILE.
noun
Any oxyphilic organism.
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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.
OXYPHILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXYPHILES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILOPSXY - 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 OXYPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXYPHILES?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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