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PSYCHON
Definition of PSYCHON
noun
A hypothetical unit of consciousness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From psycho- + -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PSYCHON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PSYCHON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CHNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PSYCHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PSYCHON?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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