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XYLOPHONIST
Definition of XYLOPHONIST
noun
Someone who plays a xylophone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
XYLOPHONIST carries a second meaning.
noun
A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.
Where it comes from
From xylophone + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
XYLOPHONIST in a sentence
“I often give a dollar to a busker on the platform, whether it's the mad jazzman at Columbus Circle blowing two trumpets or the Carroll Street xylophonist whose strange compositions bring tears to my eyes.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XYLOPHONIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
XYLOPHONIST starts with X and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HILNOOPSTXY - 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 XYLOPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found XYLOPHONIST?
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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