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BRAUNITE
Definition of BRAUNITE
noun
A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Braun + -ite after alderman Braun of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.
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.
BRAUNITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BRAUNITE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEINRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found BRAUNITE?
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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