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STAUROLITE
Definition of STAUROLITE
noun
A dark brown nesosilicate mineral that has crystals that cross and intergrow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stauro- + -lite, in reference to its frequent cruciform twinning.
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.
STAUROLITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAUROLITE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STAURO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAUROLITE?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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