The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
XEROMAS
Definition of XEROMAS
noun
plural of xeroma
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Word DNA
XEROMAS inherits its ancestry from its root, XEROMA.
How it is built
Same root, XEROMA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XEROMAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
XEROMAS starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMORSX - 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 XEROMAS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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