The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOOMER
Definition of BOOMER
noun
Something that makes a booming sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From boom + -er.
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.
BOOMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 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 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOMER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BOOMER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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