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CYNIPID
Definition of CYNIPID
noun
Any member of the family Cynipidae of wasps.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CYNIPID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYNIPID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIINPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CYNIPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYNIPID?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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