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COLUMBITES
Definition of COLUMBITES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
COLUMBITES inherits its ancestry from its root, COLUMBITE.
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.
COLUMBITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COLUMBITES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEILMOSTU - 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 COLUMBITES?
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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