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THERMOLOGY
Definition of THERMOLOGY
noun
The scientific study of heat
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thermo- + -ology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THERMOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
THERMOLOGY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGHLMOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears 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 THERMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found THERMOLOGY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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