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CYNODONT
Definition of CYNODONT
noun
Any of several small carnivorous synapsids in the clade Cynodontia, ancestral to mammals and extinct close relatives.
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Where it comes from
From cyno- + -odont, from Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) and ὀδόντος (odóntos), genitive singular of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth, tusk”).
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.
CYNODONT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYNODONT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDNNOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once.
Words that start CYNODO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYNODONT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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