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HAFNIUMS
Definition of HAFNIUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for HAFNIUMS itself. This is its base word, HAFNIUM.
noun
A chemical element (symbol Hf) with an atomic number of 72: a lustrous, silvery-grey tetravalent transition metal.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HAFNIUM.
From Latin Hafnia (“Copenhagen”) + -ium.
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.
HAFNIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAFNIUMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFHIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found HAFNIUMS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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