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BLOVIATION

/bləʊvɪˈeɪʃən/10 letters

Definition of BLOVIATION

noun

A boastful or pompous manner of speaking or writing; a lengthy discourse delivered in that manner.

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Another sense

BLOVIATION carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    a lengthy discourse in a pompous or boastful manner

Where it comes from

From bloviate + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ion

Same root, BLOVIATION · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

BLOVIATION in a sentence

“They are lucky to live in America where such bilious bloviation is allowed.”

Think Progress » MSNBC regular advocates murder of newspaper editors., 2006

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BLOVIATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 142
Its 25 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
25
Boards found on
33
First board
130
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

jackiedenardo

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BLOVIATION
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BLOVIATION starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIILNOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.

Words that start BLOVIA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BLOVIATION?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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