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POLARON
Definition of POLARON
noun
The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.
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Where it comes from
From polar + -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POLAR · 4 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.
POLARON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLARON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLARON?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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