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IOLITES
Definition of IOLITES
noun
plural of iolite
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Word DNA
IOLITES inherits its ancestry from its root, IOLITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IOLITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IOLITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IOLITES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found IOLITES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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