The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PYROGEN
Definition of PYROGEN
noun
Any substance that produces fever, or a rise in body temperature
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyro- + -gen.
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.
PYROGEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PYROGEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGNOPRY - 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 PYROGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found PYROGEN?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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