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BARIUM
Definition of BARIUM
noun
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
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Where it comes from
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from baryta + -ium.
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.
BARIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BARIUM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABIMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BARIUM?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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