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ANALCIME
Definition of ANALCIME
noun
A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi2O6·H2O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction; from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλκιμος (análkimos, “weak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% 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.
ANALCIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
Built from these letters
ANALCIME starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANALCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANALCIME?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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