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BLOVIATE
Definition of BLOVIATE
verb
To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
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Other senses
BLOVIATE carries 3 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
intransitive verb
To orate pompously; -- used especially of politicians and news commentators.
verb
orate verbosely and windily
Where it comes from
1845, US, Ohio, from blow (“speak idly, boast”) + -i- + -ate, by analogy with deviate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BLOVIATE · 3 relatives in the game
BLOVIATE in a sentence
“He puts on no airs, doesn't "bloviate", and I give his late, dear wife credit for keeping him so grounded.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLOVIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 709 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOVIATE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEILOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of BLOVIATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start BLOVIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BLOVIATE?
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