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PHOTONS
Definition of PHOTONS
noun
plural of photon
noun
The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
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Word DNA
PHOTONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHOTON.
How it is built
Same root, PHOTON · 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.
PHOTONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 173 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PHOTONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHOTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHOTONS?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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