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DELVAUXITE
Definition of DELVAUXITE
noun
A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French delvauxite, from J S P J Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist, + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,539)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DELVAUXITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELVAUXITE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILTUVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found DELVAUXITE?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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