The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PYXES
Definition of PYXES
noun
plural of pyx
PYX
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Pyu (Myanmar).
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Another sense
PYXES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of pyx.
Word DNA
PYXES inherits its ancestry from its root, PYX.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYX · 3 relatives 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.
PYXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
PYXES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EPSXY - 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.
Could you have found PYXES?
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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