The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ATONIC
Definition of ATONIC
adjective
unstressed
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ATONIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Not accented.
“an atonic syllable.”
adjective
Relating to, caused by, or exhibiting lack of muscle tone.
noun
A word, syllable, or sound that is unaccented.
In pathology, characterized by atony, or want of tone or power: as, an atonic disease.
Where it comes from
From a- + tonic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ATONIC · 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.
ATONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATONIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of ATONIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ATONIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found ATONIC?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER