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BARNSTORM
Definition of BARNSTORM
verb
To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From barn + storm (due to performances commonly delivered in barns).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARNSTORM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BARNSTORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARNSTORM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABMNORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start BARNST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARNSTORM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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