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XYLOPHONIC
Definition of XYLOPHONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to a xylophone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From xylophone + -ic.
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.
XYLOPHONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
XYLOPHONIC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHILNOOPXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
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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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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