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CYANIC
Definition of CYANIC
adjective
Of cyanogen or its derivatives
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CYANIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Relating to or containing cyanogen.
adjective
Of a blue or bluish hue.
Same as cyanotic.
. Blue: in botany, applied to a series of colors in flowers, including all shades of blue, and passing through violet and purple to red.
Where it comes from
From cyan + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CYAN · 6 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.
CYANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYANIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CYANIC?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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