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PIXEL
Definition of PIXEL
noun
One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
pix (“pictures”), + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”. The ⟨x⟩ stems from the abbreviation pics being sometimes also written as pix, which has been in use since the 1880s. First attested in 1965.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIXEL · 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.
PIXEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 166 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PIXEL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILPX - 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 PIXEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIXEL?
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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