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RHEXIS
Definition of RHEXIS
noun
The rupture of an organ.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis, “breaking”), compare -rrhexis.
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.
RHEXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHEXIS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIRSX - 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 start RHEXIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHEXIS?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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