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TONER

/ˈtoʊnɚ/5 letters

Definition of TONER

noun

Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tone + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TONER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 106
Its 12 boards, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
1
First board
106
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

mscottPATRON

on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TONER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TONER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start TONER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TONER?

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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.

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