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GADOLINITE
Definition of GADOLINITE
noun
A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10.
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Where it comes from
After the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), + -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.
GADOLINITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GADOLINITE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GADOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found GADOLINITE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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