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PYROTECHNICS
Definition of PYROTECHNICS
noun
The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyro- + technic + -ics.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYROTECHNIC · 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.
PYROTECHNICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYROTECHNICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEHINOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C 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 PYROTECH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYROTECHNICS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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