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ALBUMINOUS
Definition of ALBUMINOUS
adjective
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin albūminōsus, from albūmen + -ōsus. By surface analysis, albumin + -ous.
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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALBUMINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALBUMINOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABILMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start ALBUMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALBUMINOUS?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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