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XERIC
Definition of XERIC
adjective
Very dry, lacking humidity and water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XERIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of, characterized by, or adapted to an extremely dry habitat.
adjective
Said of an environment or habitat that is extremely dry, lacking humidity and water.
adjective
Said of an organism adapted to live in a very dry habitat.
adjective
being deficient in moisture
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) + English -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
XERIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XERIC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIRX - 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.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found XERIC?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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