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CRYOGENICS
Definition of CRYOGENICS
noun
The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cryogen + -ics.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRYOGENIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRYOGENICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRYOGENICS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEGINORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CRYOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRYOGENICS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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