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BARYON
Definition of BARYON
noun
A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + English -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1953. Equivalent to baryo- + -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BARYON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BARYON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found BARYON?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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