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KINGBOLT
Definition of KINGBOLT
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From king + bolt.
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.
KINGBOLT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KINGBOLT starts with K and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BGIKLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found KINGBOLT?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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