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ELECTROTYPE
Definition of ELECTROTYPE
noun
a plate, made by electroplating a mold, such as used in letterpress printing
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From electro- + type.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELECTROTYPE · 3 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.
ELECTROTYPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELECTROTYPE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEELOPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start ELECTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELECTROTYPE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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