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ATHODYD
Definition of ATHODYD
noun
A simple jet engine consisting essentially of a tube with a means of delivering fuel and ignition into the tube. The engine can only be started in a fast airflow. This type of engine is expected to be able to provide cruising speeds at Mach numbers of around 5 to 7 (5 to 7 times the speed of sound).
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Where it comes from
Shortened form of aerothermodynamic duct.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ATHODYD · 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.
ATHODYD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATHODYD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDHOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found ATHODYD?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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