The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DIODE
Definition of DIODE
noun
An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From di- (“two”) + -ode. Learned formation, coined by William Henry Eccles in 1919, after Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage through”), which however is formed not with δι- (di-, “two”) but with δια- (dia-, “through”).
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.
DIODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIODE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DIODE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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