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CRYPTID
Definition of CRYPTID
noun
A creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
CRYPTID carries a second meaning.
noun
Any creature that may or may not exist. Sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved.
Where it comes from
From crypt + -id. Coined by John E. Wall in 1983 in the ISC Newsletter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CRYPT · 4 relatives 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.
CRYPTID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 365 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRYPTID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRYPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CRYPTID?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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