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BOATTAILS
Definition of BOATTAILS
noun
plural of boattail
noun
The progressively narrowing rear end of a bullet or ballistic missile that is designed to reduce drag
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Word DNA
BOATTAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOATTAIL.
How it is built
Same root, BOATTAIL · 1 relative 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.
BOATTAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOATTAILS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABILOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BOATTAILS?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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