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MICRONS
Definition of MICRONS
noun
plural of micron
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Word DNA
MICRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, MICRON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MICRON · 1 relative 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.
MICRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MICRONS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIMNORS - 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 MICRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found MICRONS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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