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PYXIS
Definition of PYXIS
noun
A small box.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PYXIS carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A capsule dehiscing transversely by a lid that falls off to release the seeds.
noun
In old arms and armor, an engine-of-war: probably the same as culverin, the early form of cannon.
noun
In Greek antiquity and archaeology, a type of cylindrical vase or box with a cover, used especially by women, as for the toilet. See cut in preceding column.
noun
A box; a jewel-case.
Where it comes from
From Latin pyxis (“small box”). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyx.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYXIS · 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.
PYXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYXIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IPSXY - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PYXIS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PYXIS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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