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BARITE
Definition of BARITE
noun
A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO4.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of baryte, from French barote, 1782 coinage from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús) + -της (-tēs). By surface analysis, bar- + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BARITE · 1 relative 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.
BARITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found BARITE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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