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DUBNIUM
Definition of DUBNIUM
noun
A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105. An atom of this element.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dubna + -ium, named after Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, the site of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, which discovered the element.
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.
DUBNIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUBNIUM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BDIMNUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DUBNIUM?
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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