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BISMUTH
Definition of BISMUTH
noun
A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal. An atom of this element.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Wismuth. Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BISMUTH · 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.
BISMUTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 335 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BISMUTH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHIMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BISMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found BISMUTH?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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