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ACHROMAT

/ˈæ.kɹəʊ.mæt/8 letters

Definition of ACHROMAT

noun

A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

By shortening of achromatic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, ACHROMAT · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ACHROMAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 20 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
41
First board
155
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

billtrees

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ACHROMAT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ACHROMAT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACHMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

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 ACHROM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ACHROMAT?

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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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