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DERMATOGENS
Definition of DERMATOGENS
noun
plural of dermatogen
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Word DNA
DERMATOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, DERMATOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, DERMATOGEN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DERMATOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERMATOGENS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DERMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERMATOGENS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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