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BOLOMETER
Definition of BOLOMETER
noun
A sensitive device for detecting and measuring the energy of electromagnetic radiation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ, “a throw, the stroke”) + English -o- + -meter. Coined by American physicist, pioneer of aviation, and 3rd Secretary of the Smithsonian Samuel Langley in 1878.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOLOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOLOMETER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEELMOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start BOLOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOLOMETER?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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