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GADOLINIUMS
Definition of GADOLINIUMS
noun
plural of gadolinium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Gd) with atomic number 64: a ductile silvery-white metal. An atom of this element.
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Word DNA
GADOLINIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, GADOLINIUM.
Line of descent
- Swedish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (131)
branch · 22.6% 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.
GADOLINIUMS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 42 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 84 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GADOLINIUMS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGIILMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start GADOLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found GADOLINIUMS?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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