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MELACONITES
Definition of MELACONITES
Wiktionary has no entry for MELACONITES itself. This is its base word, MELACONITE.
noun
tenorite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MELACONITE.
From mela- + conite, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis) + -ite, meaning "black dust".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELACONITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELACONITES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Could you have found MELACONITES?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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