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TORBERNITE
Definition of TORBERNITE
noun
A radioactive green phosphate mineral, isostructural with autunite, found in granites and other uranium-bearing deposits as a secondary mineral.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Danish Torben + -ite. From Torbern Bergman (1735-1784), Swedish chemist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (113)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
TORBERNITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORBERNITE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEINORRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, R and E appear more than once.
Words that start TORBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TORBERNITE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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