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CRESYL
Definition of CRESYL
noun
Any of three isomeric univalent radical derived from a cresol; tolyl
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cresol + -yl.
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.
CRESYL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRESYL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CELRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRESYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRESYL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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