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SARDONYX
Definition of SARDONYX
noun
A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English sardonix, sardonyx (c. 1382), from Latin sardonyx, from Ancient Greek σᾰρδόνῠξ (sărdónŭx). Doublet of sardoin.
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.
SARDONYX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 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
SARDONYX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ADNORSXY - 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 SARDON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SARDONYX?
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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