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DUBNIUMS

/ˈdʌbniəm/8 letters

Definition of DUBNIUMS

Wiktionary has no entry for DUBNIUMS itself. This is its base word, DUBNIUM.

noun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Db) with atomic number 105. An atom of this element.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for DUBNIUM.

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).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ium

Same root, DUBNIUM · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DUBNIUMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 14 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
27
First board
147
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

mxbeck

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DUBNIUMS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DUBNIUMS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDIMNSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start DUBNIU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DUBNIUMS?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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