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CHRONAXIE

/ˈkɹɒnæksi/9 letters

Definition of CHRONAXIE

noun

The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + ἄξων (áxōn, “axis”)

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

CHRONAXIE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
98
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

jcalyst

on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHRONAXIE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CHRONAXIE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINORX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start CHRONA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHRONAXIE?

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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.

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