The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANKERITE
Definition of ANKERITE
noun
Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After the Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) in 1825 + -ite.
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.
ANKERITE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANKERITE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIKNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found ANKERITE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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