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KRYPTONITE
Definition of KRYPTONITE
noun
The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a fictional radioactive element, kryptonite, that has a detrimental effect on the otherwise invulnerable character Superman. Formed from Superman's home planet Krypton + -ite, which was named after the chemical element krypton.
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.
KRYPTONITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KRYPTONITE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKNOPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found KRYPTONITE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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