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PATHOGENS
Definition of PATHOGENS
noun
plural of pathogen
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATHOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATHOGENS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PATHOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PATHOGENS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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