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XYLOSE
Definition of XYLOSE
noun
One of the pentoses, C5H10O5, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
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Where it comes from
From xylo- + -ose.
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.
XYLOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
XYLOSE starts with X and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOSXY - 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.
Words that start XYLOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found XYLOSE?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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