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RADIAN
Definition of RADIAN
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle.
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Where it comes from
From radius + -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RADIAN · 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.
RADIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RADIAN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start RADIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RADIAN?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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