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ALBUM
Definition of ALBUM
noun
In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALBUM · 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.
ALBUM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALBUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ALBUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALBUM?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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