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AMERICIUM
Definition of AMERICIUM
noun
The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95. An atom of this element.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Americ(as) + -ium, by analogy with europium.
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.
AMERICIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMERICIUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACEIIMMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Could you have found AMERICIUM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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