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BLOWTORCHES
Definition of BLOWTORCHES
noun
plural of blowtorch
noun
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
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Word DNA
BLOWTORCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BLOWTORCH.
How it is built
Same root, BLOWTORCH · 2 relatives 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.
BLOWTORCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLOWTORCHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEHLOORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BLOWTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BLOWTORCHES?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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