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POLYGENES
Definition of POLYGENES
noun
plural of polygene
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Word DNA
POLYGENES inherits its ancestry from its root, POLYGENE.
How it is built
Same root, POLYGENE · 1 relative 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.
POLYGENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
POLYGENES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGLNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start POLYGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found POLYGENES?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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