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ELECTRODE
Definition of ELECTRODE
noun
The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
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.
ELECTRODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
ELECTRODE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEELORT - 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.
Could you have found ELECTRODE?
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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