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SMARAGDITE
Definition of SMARAGDITE
noun
A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French smaragdite; so called from its emerald-green color. See smaragd.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
SMARAGDITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 102, 30 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SMARAGDITE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SMARAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMARAGDITE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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