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TERBIUMS
Definition of TERBIUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for TERBIUMS itself. This is its base word, TERBIUM.
noun
A metallic chemical element (symbol Tb) with an atomic number of 65: a soft, silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable and ductile. An atom of this element.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TERBIUM.
From Ytterby + -ium, named after Ytterby, Sweden. Doublet of erbium, ytterbium, and yttrium
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.
TERBIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TERBIUMS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEIMRSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found TERBIUMS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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