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GADOLINIUM
Definition of GADOLINIUM
noun
A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal. An atom of this element.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after chemist Johan Gadolin, a Swedish-speaking Finn, + -ium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swedish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (114)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GADOLINIUM · 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.
GADOLINIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GADOLINIUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADGIILMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start GADOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found GADOLINIUM?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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