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GRANITE
Definition of GRANITE
noun
A group of igneous and plutonic rocks composed primarily of feldspar and quartz. Usually contains one or more dark minerals, which may be mica, pyroxene, or amphibole. Granite is quarried for building stone, road gravel, decorative stone, and tombstones. Common colors are gray, white, pink, and yellow-brown.
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Where it comes from
From French granit (“granite”), from Italian granito (“granite”), from granire (“to granulate”), from grano (“grain”), from Latin grānum (“grain”). Compare granita.
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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.
GRANITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRANITE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRANIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRANITE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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