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XYLOPIA
Definition of XYLOPIA
noun
Any plant of the genus Xylopia, trees of Africa.
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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.
XYLOPIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYLOPIA starts with X and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AILOPXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found XYLOPIA?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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