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XYLOGRAPH
Definition of XYLOGRAPH
noun
An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.).
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Other senses
XYLOGRAPH carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An engraving on wood.
noun
An impression from a woodblock.
transitive verb
To print from a wood engraving.
noun
An engraving on wood.
Where it comes from
Back-formation from xylography, corresponding to xylo- (“wood”) + -graph.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, XYLOGRAPH · 2 relatives 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.
XYLOGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 213 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYLOGRAPH starts with X and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHLOPRXY - 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.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of XYLOGRAPH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start XYLOGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XYLOGRAPH?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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