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XENOPS
Definition of XENOPS
noun
Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America.
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Where it comes from
From translingual Xenops, from Ancient Greek.
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.
XENOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XENOPS starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOPSX - 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.
Could you have found XENOPS?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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