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SKIATRON
Definition of SKIATRON
noun
A kind of cathode ray tube that replaces the conventional light-emitting phosphor layer on the face of the tube screen with a scotophor such as potassium chloride.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -tron.
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.
SKIATRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIATRON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKIATR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SKIATRON?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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