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CYNOSURES

9 letters

Definition of CYNOSURES

noun

plural of cynosure

CYNOSURE

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Cynosure: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CYNOSURES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
124
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

juniper

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CYNOSURES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CYNOSURES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CENORSSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start CYNOSU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CYNOSURES?

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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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