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THERMIONIC
Definition of THERMIONIC
adjective
Involving the emission of electrons from a heated electrode.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THERMIONIC · 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.
THERMIONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 108, 5 September 2026.
Built from these letters
THERMIONIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start THERMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THERMIONIC?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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