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BOMBASTIC
Definition of BOMBASTIC
adjective
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.
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.
BOMBASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
BOMBASTIC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABBCIMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BOMBAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOMBASTIC?
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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