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GAHNITE
Definition of GAHNITE
noun
A rare mineral ZnAl2O4 in the spinel group.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818) in 1807.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swedish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (113)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAHNITE · 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.
GAHNITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAHNITE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found GAHNITE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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