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SODIUM
Definition of SODIUM
noun
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature. An atom of this element.
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Where it comes from
Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SODIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SODIUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SODIUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SODIUM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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