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TACHYONS

8 letters

Definition of TACHYONS

noun

plural of tachyon

TACHYON

noun

A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.

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Another sense

TACHYONS carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Plural form of tachyon.

Word DNA

TACHYONS inherits its ancestry from its root, TACHYON.

How it is built

nouncompound-ontachy-

Same root, TACHYON · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TACHYONS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 44 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
44
Boards found on
30
First board
144
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

atomicgypsy

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TACHYONS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TACHYONS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start TACHYO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TACHYONS?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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