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TELEVISION
Definition of TELEVISION
noun
An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.
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.
TELEVISION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEVISION starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEIILNOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TELEVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TELEVISION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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