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OHMS
Definition of OHMS
noun
plural of ohm
OHM
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere.
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Word DNA
OHMS inherits its ancestry from its root, OHM.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OHM · 7 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.
OHMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 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 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OHMS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found OHMS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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