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DELPHINIUM
Definition of DELPHINIUM
noun
A cultivated plant, belonging to the genus Delphinium, with tall blue-colored spikes containing flowers; a larkspur.
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Where it comes from
From the genus name (translingual Delphinium), from Ancient Greek δελφῐ́νῐον (delphĭ́nĭon, “larkspur”).
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.
DELPHINIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELPHINIUM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEHIILMNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DELPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DELPHINIUM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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