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GRAVITON
Definition of GRAVITON
noun
A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gravity + -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society.
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.
GRAVITON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAVITON starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRAVIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found GRAVITON?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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