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BENTONITE
Definition of BENTONITE
noun
Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Benton + -ite, after the place where it was first mined: Fort Benton, Montana.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BENTONITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BENTONITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEINNOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, N and T appear more than once.
Words that start BENTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BENTONITE?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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