The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PYXING
Definition of PYXING
noun
gerund of pyx: the act of depositing (sample coins) in a pyx; the process of testing such coins for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public.
PYX
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Pyu (Myanmar).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyx + -ing.
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.
PYXING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
bigskygal17SUPPORTERContributor
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYXING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINPXY - 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 PYXING?
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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