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XYSTI
Definition of XYSTI
noun
plural of xystus
XYSTUS
noun
A long and open portico within the gymnasium.
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Another sense
XYSTI carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of xystus.
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.
XYSTI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYSTI starts with X and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ISTXY - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found XYSTI?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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