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XEROPHAGIES
Definition of XEROPHAGIES
noun
plural of xerophagy
noun
A restrictive diet (of bread and water, for example) as a punishment or religious form of discipline.
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Word DNA
XEROPHAGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, XEROPHAGY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, XEROPHAGY · 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.
XEROPHAGIES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 142 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XEROPHAGIES starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHIOPRSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XEROPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found XEROPHAGIES?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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