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LOGARITHM
Definition of LOGARITHM
noun
For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written logbx. For example, log101000=3 because 103=1000 and log216=4 because 24=16.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin logarithmus, coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “ratio, proportion”) and ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”). Napier set a geometric progression (a sequence of equal ratios) against an arithmetic progression (a sequence of equal differences), so that the logarithm of a number counts the ratios separating it from a starting value, turning multiplication into addition.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOGARITHM · 2 relatives 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.
LOGARITHM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LOGARITHM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGHILMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOGARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found LOGARITHM?
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