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SEABORGIUM

/siːˈbɔːɹɡiəm/10 letters

Definition of SEABORGIUM

noun

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Sg) with atomic number 106.

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Other senses

SEABORGIUM carries 2 further meanings.

  1. noun

    An artificially produced radioactive element with atomic number 106 that has only been produced in trace amounts. The isotope with mass number 266 has the longest confirmed half-life (21 seconds), although heavier isotopes with longer half-lives have been reported. cross-reference: Periodic Table.

  2. noun

    a transuranic element

Where it comes from

From Seaborg + -ium, named for Glenn T. Seaborg.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ium

Same root, SEABORGIUM · 1 relative in the game

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SEABORGIUM in a sentence

“Shortly after the official 1997 recognition of the name seaborgium for element 106, Jeffrey Winters, writing in the January 1998 issue of Discover Magazine, made the following observation:”

MAKE Magazine, 2010

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SEABORGIUM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 46 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
46
Boards found on
8
First board
147
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

SEABORGIUM
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SEABORGIUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEGIMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of SEABORGIUM. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

Words that start SEABOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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