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CYGNETS
Definition of CYGNETS
noun
plural of cygnet
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Another sense
CYGNETS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of cygnet.
Word DNA
CYGNETS inherits its ancestry from its root, CYGNET.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CYGNET · 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.
CYGNETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 285 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CYGNETS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CYGNETS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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