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PETARD
Definition of PETARD
noun
A small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French petard; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”).
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.
PETARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
PETARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PETARD?
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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