The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TOXAPHENES
Definition of TOXAPHENES
noun
plural of toxaphene
noun
An acaricide and insecticide that is a mixture of chlorinated camphenes, now considered a persistent organic pollutant.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOXAPHENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TOXAPHENES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHNOPSTX - 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 TOXAPHENES?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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