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EIGENVECTOR
Definition of EIGENVECTOR
noun
A vector that is only scaled (not rotated out of its span) under a particular linear transformation; a left or right eigenvector depending on context; given a linear transformation A, a vector x such that Ax=λx [or xA=λx] for some scalar λ (called the eigenvalue).
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Where it comes from
From eigen- + vector, a partial calque of German Eigenvektor. The prefix eigen- (also used in eigenvalue) was first used in 1904, by David Hilbert, and was possibly inspired by a related usage by Hermann von Helmholtz.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EIGENVECTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EIGENVECTOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEEGINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found EIGENVECTOR?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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