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BELLOWS
Definition of BELLOWS
noun
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly. For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELLOWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELLOWS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BELLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BELLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BELLOWS?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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