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ESTROGEN
Definition of ESTROGEN
noun
Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From estro- (estrus) + -gen (“a producer of”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESTROGEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ESTROGEN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEGNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESTROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ESTROGEN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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