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LIMONITE
Definition of LIMONITE
noun
Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek λειμών (leimṓn) + English -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LIMONITE · 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.
LIMONITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIMONITE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found LIMONITE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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