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BLOATWARES
Definition of BLOATWARES
Wiktionary has no entry for BLOATWARES itself. This is its base word, BLOATWARE.
noun
Software that is packed with too many features and therefore slow or unwieldy; software that is inefficiently designed and occupies an excessive amount of memory or disk space.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BLOATWARE.
From bloat + -ware. Originally in the sense “unwieldy software”; the sense “pre-installed software” has become predominant since the 2010s.
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.
BLOATWARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOATWARES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABELORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BLOATWARES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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