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PITCHBLENDE

/ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/11 letters

Definition of PITCHBLENDE

noun

Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.

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Where it comes from

From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. German
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

German

Deepest traced root

8th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

3.1%

of traced words share this origin (927)

Germanic

branch · 22.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, PITCHBLENDE · 1 relative in the game

Every German word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PITCHBLENDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 11 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
29
First board
150
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PITCHBLENDE
11
Letters
3
Vowels
8
Consonants
10
Different letters
5
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PITCHBLENDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEHILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PITCHBL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PITCHBLENDE?

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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