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CYTOKINES
Definition of CYTOKINES
noun
plural of cytokine
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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.
CYTOKINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CYTOKINES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CYTOKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found CYTOKINES?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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