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SUBMICRONS
Definition of SUBMICRONS
noun
plural of submicron
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Word DNA
SUBMICRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBMICRON.
How it is built
Same root, SUBMICRON · 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.
SUBMICRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBMICRONS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCIMNORSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SUBMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBMICRONS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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