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ALUMINES
Definition of ALUMINES
Wiktionary has no entry for ALUMINES itself. This is its base word, ALUMINE.
noun
alumina
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ALUMIN · 2 relatives 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.
ALUMINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
Built from these letters
ALUMINES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ALUMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALUMINES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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