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CALORIMETER
Definition of CALORIMETER
noun
An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin calor (“warmth, heat”) + -meter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALORIMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALORIMETER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILMORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start CALORIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALORIMETER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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