The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BORNITE
Definition of BORNITE
noun
A reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu5FeS and is an important ore of copper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Born + -ite, named after Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BORNITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BORNITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found BORNITE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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