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DEBYE
Definition of DEBYE
noun
The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10 statcoulomb-centimetre and computable from the SI unit coulomb-metre by multiplying by the factor 3.33564 × 10.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist Peter Debye.
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.
DEBYE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBYE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 24
Could you have found DEBYE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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