The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SEXLINKED
Definition of SEXLINKED
adjective
Whose phenotypic expression is related to the chromosomal sex of the individual.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sex + linked.
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.
SEXLINKED 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 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEXLINKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIKLNSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found SEXLINKED?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER