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SILICON
Definition of SILICON
noun
A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by Scottish chemist Thomas Thomson as a modification of the earlier name silicium, from the stem of Latin silex (“flint, silica”) + -on from carbon.
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.
SILICON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 1, 22 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILICON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SILICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SILICON?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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