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GADOLINITES
Definition of GADOLINITES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
GADOLINITES inherits its ancestry from its root, GADOLINITE.
Line of descent
- Finnish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
54th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (12)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GADOLINITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GADOLINITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GADOLINITES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNOST - 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 GADOLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GADOLINITES?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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