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XYSTOI
Definition of XYSTOI
noun
plural of xystos
XYSTUS · via xystos
noun
A long and open portico within the gymnasium.
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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.
XYSTOI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XYSTOI starts with X and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read IOSTXY - 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 XYSTOI?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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