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XENIUM
Definition of XENIUM
noun
A gift or offering. A gift or offering given to a guest or a stranger, especially of food, in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.
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Other senses
XENIUM carries 2 further meanings.
noun
In classical antiquity, a present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
noun
A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin xenium, from Ancient Greek ξένιον (xénion), neuter accusative of ξένῐος (xénĭos, “pertaining to a guest”, adjective), ultimately from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger”). First attested in the 1700s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,854)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
XENIUM in a sentence
“Excusaui etiam me quia monachus eram, non habens, nec recipiens, nec tractans aurum vel argentum vel aliquid preciosum, solis libris et capella in qua seruiebamus deo exceptis: vnde nullum xenium afferebamus ei nec domino suo.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XENIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XENIUM starts with X and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIMNUX - 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XENIUM?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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