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XANTHOUS
Definition of XANTHOUS
adjective
Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.
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.
XANTHOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XANTHOUS starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHNOSTUX - 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.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found XANTHOUS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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