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SELENITIC
Definition of SELENITIC
adjective
Of or relating to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From selenite + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SELENITIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SELENITIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SELENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SELENITIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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