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GOETHITE
Definition of GOETHITE
noun
An iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust and in mineral form is an ore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Goethit, named for German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; by surface analysis, Goethe + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOETHITE 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 2 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
GOETHITE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGHIOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start GOETHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GOETHITE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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