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GLUON
Definition of GLUON
noun
A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.
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Where it comes from
From glue + -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GLUE · 7 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.
GLUON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLUON starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GLNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found GLUON?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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