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ATHEROGENIC
Definition of ATHEROGENIC
adjective
that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From athero- + -genic.
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.
ATHEROGENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATHEROGENIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ATHEROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATHEROGENIC?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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