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KRYPTONITE

/ˈkɹɪptənaɪt/10 letters

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).

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Tier
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Find it yourself

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.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
2
Days since seen

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

drheck

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

KRYPTONITE
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
5
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start KRYPTO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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