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DYSGENIC
Definition of DYSGENIC
adjective
Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”).
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.
DYSGENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DYSGENIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEGINSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DYSGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found DYSGENIC?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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