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ALLERGEN
Definition of ALLERGEN
noun
A substance which causes an allergic reaction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Syncopated compound of allergy + -gen, coined on the model of pharmaceutical words such as pathogen and antigen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
ALLERGEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLERGEN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLLNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ALLERG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLERGEN?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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