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IRONSTONE
Definition of IRONSTONE
noun
Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From iron + stone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IRONSTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRONSTONE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear 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.
Words that start IRONST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRONSTONE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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