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CYANOS
Definition of CYANOS
noun
plural of cyano
noun
a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles
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Word DNA
CYANOS inherits its ancestry from its root, CYANO.
How it is built
Same root, CYANO · 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.
CYANOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYANOS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CYANOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYANOS?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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