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INDIUM

/ˈɪndi.əm/6 letters

Definition of INDIUM

noun

A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.

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Where it comes from

Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INDIUM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 27 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
9
First board
120
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

INDIUM
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

INDIUM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIIMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start INDIUM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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