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EBONITE

/ˈɛb.əˌnaɪt/7 letters

Definition of EBONITE

noun

The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Genericized trademark; the trademark was From ebony + -ite.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ite

Same root, EBONITE · 1 relative in the game

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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.

EBONITE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 9 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
81
First board
147
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

parabellum

on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

EBONITE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EBONITE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EBONIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EBONITE?

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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.

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