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BOOM
Definition of BOOM
verb
To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”). The sense "a period of economic growth" is generally taken to derive from the sense "a rapid expansion", although other origins have also been suggested.
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.
BOOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BMOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BOOM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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