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NANOWIRE
Definition of NANOWIRE
noun
A wire whose width is of the order of nanometers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nano- + wire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NANOWIRE · 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.
NANOWIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NANOWIRE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found NANOWIRE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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