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GRENADE
Definition of GRENADE
noun
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (445)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRENADE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRENADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRENADE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRENAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GRENADE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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