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LIMONITES
Definition of LIMONITES
noun
plural of limonite
noun
Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide.
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Word DNA
LIMONITES inherits its ancestry from its root, LIMONITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% 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.
LIMONITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 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
LIMONITES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found LIMONITES?
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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