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MINERALOGY
Definition of MINERALOGY
noun
The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.
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.
MINERALOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MINERALOGY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGILMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MINERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MINERALOGY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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