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SYLVANITE
Definition of SYLVANITE
noun
Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in color from steely gray to almost white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sylvan + -ite, since it can be found in Transylvania.
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.
SYLVANITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYLVANITE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYLVAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SYLVANITE?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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