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CRYOGENS
Definition of CRYOGENS
noun
plural of cryogen
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Another sense
CRYOGENS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of cryogen.
Word DNA
CRYOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, CRYOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, CRYOGEN · 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.
CRYOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRYOGENS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGNORSY - 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 23
Could you have found CRYOGENS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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