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MAGNETRONS
Definition of MAGNETRONS
noun
plural of magnetron
noun
A device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens
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Word DNA
MAGNETRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, MAGNET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAGNET · 16 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.
MAGNETRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAGNETRONS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGMNNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start MAGNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAGNETRONS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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