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CHROMIUMS
Definition of CHROMIUMS
noun
plural of chromium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.
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Word DNA
CHROMIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHROMIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHROMIUM · 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.
CHROMIUMS 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 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHROMIUMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIMMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start CHROMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHROMIUMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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