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VOLTAIC
Definition of VOLTAIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or producing electricity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Volta + -ic. Named after Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (584)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
VOLTAIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 414 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VOLTAIC starts with V and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VOLTAIC?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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