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FLUORITE
Definition of FLUORITE
noun
A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
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Where it comes from
From fluor + -ite.
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.
FLUORITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUORITE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLUORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FLUORITE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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