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NIOBIUM
Definition of NIOBIUM
noun
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Niobe + -ium, because of the element's affinity with tantalum, named after Niobe's father Tantalus.
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.
NIOBIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NIOBIUM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BIIMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found NIOBIUM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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