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OVONICS
Definition of OVONICS
noun
A form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of Ovshinsky + electronics, coined by its pioneer, Stanford R. Ovshinsky.
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.
OVONICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVONICS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINOOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OVONICS?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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