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POXVIRUS
Definition of POXVIRUS
noun
Any of a group of DNA viruses, of the family Poxviridae, that cause pox diseases in vertebrates
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pox + virus.
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.
POXVIRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POXVIRUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOPRSUVX - 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 POXVIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POXVIRUS?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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