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PROTOXYLEM
Definition of PROTOXYLEM
noun
The first xylem to form in a plant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From proto- + xylem.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PROTOXYLEM · 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.
PROTOXYLEM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PROTOXYLEM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ELMOOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PROTOX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTOXYLEM?
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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