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PHLOXINE
Definition of PHLOXINE
noun
A red dye used in the hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron stain ("HPS stain"), commonly employed in performing an eosinophil count by hemocytometer.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHLOXINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHLOXINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOPX - 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 PHLOXI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHLOXINE?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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