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XYLOPHENE
Definition of XYLOPHENE
noun
pentachlorophenol (when used to preserve wood from boring insects).
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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.
XYLOPHENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYLOPHENE starts with X and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHLNOPXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XYLOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XYLOPHENE?
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 174 - and most players walked straight past it.
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