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COLUMBIUM
Definition of COLUMBIUM
noun
Former name of niobium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Columbus + -ium, named after Christopher Columbus by the element’s discoverer, Charles Hatchett.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLUMBIUM · 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.
COLUMBIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLUMBIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BCILMMOUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and M appear more than once.
Words that start COLUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLUMBIUM?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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