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XYLOIDINES
Definition of XYLOIDINES
noun
plural of xyloidine
XYLOIDIN · via xyloidine
noun
An explosive compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.
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Word DNA
XYLOIDINES inherits its ancestry from its root, XYLOIDIN.
How it is built
Same root, XYLOIDIN · 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.
XYLOIDINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYLOIDINES starts with X and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIILNOSXY - 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.
Could you have found XYLOIDINES?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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