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TECHNOLOGY
Definition of TECHNOLOGY
noun
The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment (of grammar)”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). By surface analysis, techno- + -logy.
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.
TECHNOLOGY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 9 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TECHNOLOGY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGHLNOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TECHNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found TECHNOLOGY?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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