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CADMIUM
Definition of CADMIUM
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
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.
CADMIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CADMIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACDIMMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Could you have found CADMIUM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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