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XANTHIC
Definition of XANTHIC
adjective
Of a yellowish colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XANTHIC carries 4 further meanings.
Tending toward a yellow color; of or relating to xanthin; yellow, referring to the color of the urine.
adjective
Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc.
adjective
Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color.
“xanthic acid”
adjective
Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic.
Where it comes from
From xanth- + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
XANTHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 258 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XANTHIC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHINTX - 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 XANTHIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start XANTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found XANTHIC?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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