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MAGNESIUM
Definition of MAGNESIUM
noun
The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MAGNESIUM · 5 relatives 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.
MAGNESIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAGNESIUM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MAGNES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MAGNESIUM?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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