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REACTOR
Definition of REACTOR
noun
A person who responds to a suggestion, stimulation or other influence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From react + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, REACTOR · 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.
REACTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
REACTOR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found REACTOR?
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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