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EXOGENS
Definition of EXOGENS
noun
plural of exogen
noun
A plant characterized by wood, bark and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and growth only occurring on the outside.
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Word DNA
EXOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, EXOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, EXOGEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXOGENS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGNOSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOGENS?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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