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PHOTONIC
Definition of PHOTONIC
adjective
of, or relating to photons or to photonics
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From photon + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHOTONIC · 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.
PHOTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 408 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHOTONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHINOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PHOTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found PHOTONIC?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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