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GUNPOWDERS
Definition of GUNPOWDERS
noun
plural of gunpowder
noun
An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.
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Word DNA
GUNPOWDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUNPOWDER.
How it is built
Same root, GUNPOWDER · 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.
GUNPOWDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GUNPOWDERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGNOPRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUNPOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GUNPOWDERS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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