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WAXLIKE
Definition of WAXLIKE
adjective
Resembling wax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
WAXLIKE carries a second meaning.
adjective
having the paleness of wax
“a thin face with a waxy paleness”
Where it comes from
From wax + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAX · 11 relatives in the game
WAXLIKE in a sentence
“Sure there's room for MORE crazy talk, always is, but in terms of legislative rigor mortis, the GOP's waxlike form has been shimmering in its glass coffin since 2008, and is even included on many D.C. tours now.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAXLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAXLIKE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLWX - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of WAXLIKE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Could you have found WAXLIKE?
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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