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NUCLIDE
Definition of NUCLIDE
noun
An atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nucleus + -ide. Coined by American chemist Truman Kohman in 1947 in an article in the American Journal of Physics, in which he defines nuclide as "a species of atom characterized by the constitution of its nucleus, in particular by the numbers of protons and neutrons in its nucleus."
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.
NUCLIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NUCLIDE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEILNU - 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.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found NUCLIDE?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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