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WEAKONS
Definition of WEAKONS
noun
plural of weakon
WEAKON
noun
A W-boson or Z-boson.
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Word DNA
WEAKONS inherits its ancestry from its root, WEAK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, WEAK · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish, Latin and 8 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEAKONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEAKONS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEAKON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WEAKONS?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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