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SORBITE
Definition of SORBITE
noun
Pearlite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Sorby (“a surname”) + -ite, after Henry Clifton Sorby.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SORBITE · 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.
SORBITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SORBITE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIORST - 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.
Words that start SORBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SORBITE?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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