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BOMBARD
Definition of BOMBARD
noun
A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”). The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.
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.
BOMBARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOMBARD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABBDMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BOMBAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOMBARD?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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