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LEPTON
Definition of LEPTON
noun
A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón, “small”). From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón), neuter form of λεπτός (leptós, “small”).
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.
LEPTON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEPTON starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found LEPTON?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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