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INDUCTOR
Definition of INDUCTOR
noun
A passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin inductor, from Latin induco.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INDUCTOR · 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.
INDUCTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
INDUCTOR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found INDUCTOR?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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