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XYLOID
Definition of XYLOID
adjective
Characteristic of wood; woody
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XYLOID carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Relating to, consisting of, or resembling wood.
“xyloid lignite.”
Woody; of the nature of, resembling, or pertaining to xylem or wood; ligneous.
adjective
Resembling wood; having the nature of wood.
Where it comes from
From xylo- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XYLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 145 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYLOID starts with X and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DILOXY - 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 XYLOID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found XYLOID?
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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