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BOMBSHELL
Definition of BOMBSHELL
noun
Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bomb + shell.
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.
BOMBSHELL 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 12 days.
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
BOMBSHELL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BBEHLLMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOMBSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOMBSHELL?
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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