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EXCITON
Definition of EXCITON
noun
A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From excite + -on.
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.
EXCITON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCITON starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEINOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXCITO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCITON?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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