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CURIUM
Definition of CURIUM
noun
A radioactive and highly fissile, silver-grey, metallic, transuranic chemical element (symbol Cm) with an atomic number of 96, which is artificially produced in a particle accelerator. An atom of this element.
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Where it comes from
From Curie + -ium (suffix forming names of metallic elements), coined by the American scientists Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999), Ralph A. James (1920–1973), and Albert Ghiorso (1915–2010), who synthesized the element in 1944 and named it in honour of Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867–1934) who, with Henri Becquerel, were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in radioactivity.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CURIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CURIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIMRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CURIUM?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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