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NOBELIUM
Definition of NOBELIUM
noun
a transuranic chemical element (symbol No) with an atomic number of 102. An atom of this element.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Nobel + -ium, after Alfred Nobel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NOBELIUM · 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.
NOBELIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOBELIUM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BEILMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found NOBELIUM?
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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