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XYLOIDIN
Definition of XYLOIDIN
noun
An explosive compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From xyloid + -in.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XYLOIDIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
XYLOIDIN starts with X and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DIILNOXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. 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 32
Could you have found XYLOIDIN?
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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