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COLUMBITE
Definition of COLUMBITE
noun
A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.
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Where it comes from
From columbium (“niobium”) + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLUMBITE · 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.
COLUMBITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COLUMBITE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEILMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COLUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found COLUMBITE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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