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XYLOGRAPHIES
Definition of XYLOGRAPHIES
noun
plural of xylography
XYLOGRAPHY
noun
The art of making xylographs.
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Another sense
XYLOGRAPHIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of xylography.
Word DNA
XYLOGRAPHIES inherits its ancestry from its root, XYLOGRAPHY.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,144)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, XYLOGRAPHY · 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.
XYLOGRAPHIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
XYLOGRAPHIES starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILOPRSXY - 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 start XYLOGRAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XYLOGRAPHIES?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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