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BOLIDES
Definition of BOLIDES
noun
plural of bolide
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Another sense
BOLIDES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of bolide.
Word DNA
BOLIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, BOLIDE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOLIDE · 1 relative in the game
BOLIDES in a sentence
“In the past, the data on the fireballs, caused by small asteroids called bolides, was shared with the near-Earth object NEO science community, information deemed ideal for understanding the size of small NEOs and the hazard they pose.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOLIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOLIDES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found BOLIDES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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