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CRYOGEN
Definition of CRYOGEN
noun
A cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CRYOGEN carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A liquid, such as liquid nitrogen, that boils at a temperature below about 110 K (−160°C) and is used to obtain very low temperatures; a refrigerant.
noun
That which produces cold; a freezing-mixture; an appliance or contrivance for reducing temperature below 0° C.
noun
a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
Where it comes from
From cryo- + -gen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRYOGEN · 1 relative in the game
CRYOGEN in a sentence
“The solid hydrogen, called a cryogen, was expected to last about 10 months -- the mission launched in December 2009.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRYOGEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRYOGEN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEGNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRYOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found CRYOGEN?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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