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XENODOCHIUM
Definition of XENODOCHIUM
noun
A room (or separate guesthouse) in a monastery for the temporary accommodation of guests or pilgrims.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ξενοδοχεῖον (xenodokheîon, “place for strangers, inn”) from ξένος (xénos, “guest, stranger, foreigner”) + δέχομαι (dékhomai, “receive, accept”).
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.
XENODOCHIUM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XENODOCHIUM starts with X and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIMNOOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XENODOCHIUM?
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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