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XYLENOLS
Definition of XYLENOLS
noun
plural of xylenol
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Word DNA
XYLENOLS inherits its ancestry from its root, XYLENOL.
How it is built
Same root, XYLENOL · 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.
XYLENOLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
XYLENOLS starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELLNOSXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found XYLENOLS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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