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ANDALUSITE
Definition of ANDALUSITE
noun
An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al2SiO5, which can be cut into a gem and displays strong pleochroism, shifting between red, green, and yellow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Andalusia + -ite, after the erroneous belief that it was from Andalusia.
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.
ANDALUSITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANDALUSITE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEILNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANDALU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found ANDALUSITE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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