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ELECTRO
Definition of ELECTRO
noun
An electrotype.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELECTRO · 2 relatives 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.
ELECTRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELECTRO starts with E and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEELORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 ELECTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ELECTRO?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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