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XENOMORPHIC
Definition of XENOMORPHIC
adjective
That does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XENOMORPHIC carries 3 further meanings.
In lithology, noting the mineral constituents of a rock when they are bounded by planes not formed as the result of their own molecular structure, but the result of their contact with other minerals also forming constituents of the same rock, which having crystallized first have impressed their form on those adjacent to them: the counterpart of idiomorphic. Also called allotriomorphic.
adjective
noting or pertaining to a mineral grain that does not have its characteristic crystalline form but has a form impressed on it by surrounding grains; anhedral
adjective
in an unusual form; having a strange form
Where it comes from
From xeno- + -morphic or xenomorph + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
XENOMORPHIC in a sentence
“First designed by H.R. Giger in 1979, the menacing star of the Alien series is a unique xenomorphic being.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XENOMORPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 226 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
XENOMORPHIC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMNOOPRX - 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 XENOMORPHIC?
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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