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ELECTROTONUS
Definition of ELECTROTONUS
noun
The variation of the excitability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle as an electric current passes through it
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From electro- + tonus.
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.
ELECTROTONUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELECTROTONUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEELNOORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and O appear more than once.
Words that start ELECTROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELECTROTONUS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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