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ZYMOGENS
Definition of ZYMOGENS
noun
plural of zymogen
noun
A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
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Word DNA
ZYMOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, ZYMOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, ZYMOGEN · 2 relatives 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.
ZYMOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ZYMOGENS starts with Z and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGMNOSYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZYMOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZYMOGENS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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