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PYREX
Definition of PYREX
noun
A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark from Pyrex.
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.
PYREX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYREX starts with P and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EPRXY - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PYREX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYREX?
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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