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XANTHAN
Definition of XANTHAN
noun
A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, XANTHAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XANTHAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
XANTHAN starts with X and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAHNNTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XANTHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XANTHAN?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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