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BARIUMS
Definition of BARIUMS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
BARIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, BARIUM.
How it is built
Same root, BARIUM · 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.
BARIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARIUMS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABIMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found BARIUMS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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