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DIATOMIC
Definition of DIATOMIC
adjective
Consisting of two atoms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From di- + atomic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DIATOMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 169 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DIATOMIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDIIMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DIATOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DIATOMIC?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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