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PSAMMITES
Definition of PSAMMITES
noun
plural of psammite
PSAMMITE
noun
Any sandstone, but most often a metamorphosed rock unit with a dominantly sandstone protolith
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Word DNA
PSAMMITES inherits its ancestry from its root, PSAMMITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PSAMMITE · 2 relatives 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.
PSAMMITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
PSAMMITES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIMMPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PSAMMITES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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