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BERKELIUM
Definition of BERKELIUM
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bk) with an atomic number of 97. An atom of this element.
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Where it comes from
After Berkeley, California, because of discovery at UC Berkeley, + -ium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BERKELIUM · 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.
BERKELIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BERKELIUM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BEEIKLMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found BERKELIUM?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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