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STYRAX
Definition of STYRAX
noun
Alternative form of storax (“tree”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from the taxonomic name Styrax. Doublet of storax.
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.
STYRAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STYRAX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ARSTXY - 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 STYRAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STYRAX?
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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