The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DYNATRON
Definition of DYNATRON
noun
A tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of dynamo + -tron.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DYNATRON · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DYNATRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DYNATRON starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADNNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found DYNATRON?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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