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PYOGENIC
Definition of PYOGENIC
adjective
Referring to bacterial infections that make pus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyo- + -genic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYOGENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYOGENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGINOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PYOGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PYOGENIC?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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