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MICROBURSTS
Definition of MICROBURSTS
noun
plural of microburst
MICROBURST
noun
A strong downdraft, of less than 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds and powerful wind shear.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROBURSTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROBURSTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCIMORRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear more than once.
Words that start MICROBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROBURSTS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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