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BROADAXE
Definition of BROADAXE
noun
A large axe, with a broad blade, once used as a weapon and also used for hewing timber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From broad + axe.
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.
BROADAXE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BROADAXE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEORX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found BROADAXE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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