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XANTHODERM
Definition of XANTHODERM
noun
One who is afflicted by xanthoderma.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From xantho- + -derm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XANTHODERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XANTHODERM starts with X and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADEHMNORTX - 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 XANTHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XANTHODERM?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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