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SUBTAXON
Definition of SUBTAXON
noun
One of the elements within a taxon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + taxon.
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.
SUBTAXON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBTAXON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABNOSTUX - 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 SUBTAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBTAXON?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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