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PYRITES
Definition of PYRITES
noun
plural of pyrite
noun
The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.
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Other senses
PYRITES carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Any of various natural metallic sulfide minerals, especially of iron.
noun
Either of the common sulphids of iron, pyrite and marcasite, but also the yellow sulphid of copper and iron, chalcopyrite: the former are called distinctively iron pyrites, while the latter is known as copper pyrites.
noun
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.
noun
arsenopyrite.
Word DNA
PYRITES inherits its ancestry from its root, PYRITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYRITE · 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.
PYRITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRITES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PYRITES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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