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SAXIFRAGE
Definition of SAXIFRAGE
noun
Any plant in the genus Saxifraga.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French saxifrage, from Late Latin saxifraga, from Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”). Doublet of sassafras.
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.
SAXIFRAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 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
SAXIFRAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEFGIRSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SAXIFR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAXIFRAGE?
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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