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DALTON
Definition of DALTON
noun
the atomic mass unit
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after the chemist John Dalton.
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.
DALTON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DALTON starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DALTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DALTON?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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