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CYSTIC
Definition of CYSTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to a cyst.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French cystique, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).
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.
CYSTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
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
CYSTIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCISTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CYSTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYSTIC?
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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