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DAWSONITE
Definition of DAWSONITE
noun
An orthorhombic mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Sir John William Dawson, geologist; Dawson + -ite.
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.
DAWSONITE 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 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAWSONITE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEINOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAWSON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAWSONITE?
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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