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ENCRYPTIONS
Definition of ENCRYPTIONS
noun
plural of encryption
ENCRYPTION
noun
The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.
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Word DNA
ENCRYPTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCRYPT.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENCRYPT · 4 relatives 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.
ENCRYPTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENCRYPTIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start ENCRYPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENCRYPTIONS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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