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ABSORPTANCES
Definition of ABSORPTANCES
noun
plural of absorptance
noun
Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
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Word DNA
ABSORPTANCES inherits its ancestry from its root, ABSORPTANCE.
How it is built
Same root, ABSORPTANCE · 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.
ABSORPTANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABSORPTANCES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCENOPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.
Could you have found ABSORPTANCES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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