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EXPLODER
Definition of EXPLODER
noun
Someone or something that explodes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From explode + -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.
EXPLODER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLODER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEELOPRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXPLOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLODER?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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