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OXYTOCICS
Definition of OXYTOCICS
noun
plural of oxytocic
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Word DNA
OXYTOCICS inherits its ancestry from its root, OXYTOCIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,332)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OXYTOCIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OXYTOCICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OXYTOCICS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIOOSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start OXYTOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OXYTOCICS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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