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CYNIC
Definition of CYNIC
noun
A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cynike, cynicke, from Middle French cynique, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), originally derived from the portico in Athens called Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges), the earliest home of the Cynic school, later reinterpreted as being derived from κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in a contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CYNIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
CYNIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CYNIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYNIC?
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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