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CORONIUM
Definition of CORONIUM
noun
A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From corona + -ium, coined by a certain A. Gruenwald.
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.
CORONIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORONIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIMNOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CORONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORONIUM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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