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GALVANOMETERS
Definition of GALVANOMETERS
noun
plural of galvanometer
noun
A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.
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Word DNA
GALVANOMETERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GALVANOMETER.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,376)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GALVANOMETER · 1 relative 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.
GALVANOMETERS 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 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALVANOMETERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGLMNORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start GALVANOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GALVANOMETERS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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