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BDELLIUM

/ˈdɛ.li.əm/8 letters

Definition of BDELLIUM

noun

An aromatic gum-like balsam extracted from one of several species of tree in the genus Commiphora.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura, “something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BDELLIUM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

minouette

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BDELLIUM
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BDELLIUM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BDEILLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BDELLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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