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DIOPSIDE
Definition of DIOPSIDE
noun
A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi2O6, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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Where it comes from
From French diopside, from Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.
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.
DIOPSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIOPSIDE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDEIIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIOPSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIOPSIDE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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