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VOXEL

/ˈvɒk.səl/5 letters

Definition of VOXEL

noun

The three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a volume element representing some numerical quantity, such as the colour, of a point in three-dimensional space, used in the visualisation and analysis of three-dimensional (especially scientific and medical) data.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Blend of volumetric + pixel.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, VOXEL · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VOXEL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 19 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
65
First board
161
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.

Built from these letters

VOXEL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VOXEL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELOVX - 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 VOXEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VOXELSVOXELATION

Could you have found VOXEL?

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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