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EINSTEIN
Definition of EINSTEIN
noun
One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Photochemistry sense named in honor of Albert Einstein, who explained the photoelectric effect. Informal sense from the widespread perception that Albert Einstein was a great genius.
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.
EINSTEIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 169, 5 November 2026.
Built from these letters
EINSTEIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEIINNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and N appear 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.
Words that start EINSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EINSTEIN?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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