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REACTANCE
Definition of REACTANCE
noun
The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.
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Where it comes from
From react + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REACTANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 99 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REACTANCE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACCEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, A and C appear 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 REACTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found REACTANCE?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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