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PETROLHEAD
Definition of PETROLHEAD
noun
A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
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Where it comes from
From petrol + -head.
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.
PETROLHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PETROLHEAD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHLOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PETROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PETROLHEAD?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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