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XENOLITH
Definition of XENOLITH
noun
Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From xeno- + -lith.
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.
XENOLITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XENOLITH starts with X and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOTX - 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 XENOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XENOLITH?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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