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CRYPTOLOGIES
Definition of CRYPTOLOGIES
noun
plural of cryptology
CRYPTOLOGY
noun
The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
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Word DNA
CRYPTOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, CRYPTOLOGY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRYPTOLOGY · 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.
CRYPTOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRYPTOLOGIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGILOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CRYPTOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRYPTOLOGIES?
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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