The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOOMSTICK
Definition of BOOMSTICK
noun
In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOMSTICK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOMSTICK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCIKMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BOOMSTICK?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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