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ZIRCONIUM
Definition of ZIRCONIUM
noun
A chemical element (symbol Zr) with an atomic number of 40, a strong, lustrous, grey-white transition metal mainly used as a refractory and opacifier.
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Where it comes from
From a New Latin coinage, from zircon. Doublet of jargonium.
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.
ZIRCONIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ZIRCONIUM starts with Z and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CIIMNORUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ZIRCON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ZIRCONIUM?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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