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ALUM
Definition of ALUM
noun
An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English alum, alym, alyme, from Anglo-Norman alum, alun, from Latin alūmen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ALMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found ALUM?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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