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ORTHOCLASE
Definition of ORTHOCLASE
noun
Potassium aluminum silicate, KAlSi3O8, a common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. Orthoclase is the main feldspar of pegmatite occurrences, where it is most commonly flesh-colored. Orthoclase is used in the ceramic and glass industries and as a decorative gravel.
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Where it comes from
From ortho- + -clase.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ORTHOCLASE · 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.
ORTHOCLASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTHOCLASE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ORTHOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ORTHOCLASE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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