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XENOLOGUE
Definition of XENOLOGUE
noun
A type of ortholog where the homologous sequences are found in different species because of horizontal gene transfer.
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Where it comes from
From xeno- + -logue.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XENOLOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XENOLOGUE starts with X and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLNOOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XENOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XENOLOGUE?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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