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ALUMINA
Definition of ALUMINA
noun
Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the combining form of Latin alumen + -a.
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.
ALUMINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ALUMINA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALUMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ALUMINA?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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