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GALLIUM
Definition of GALLIUM
noun
A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gallium, named by its discoverer Lecoq, after Latin Gallia (“Gaul”). It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GALLIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALLIUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGILLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GALLIU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GALLIUM?
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