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TARDYON
Definition of TARDYON
noun
Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
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Where it comes from
Blend of tardy + tachyon or tardy + -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TARDYON · 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.
TARDYON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TARDYON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TARDYON?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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