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POWDERLIKE
Definition of POWDERLIKE
adjective
Resembling powder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From powder + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POWDERLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POWDERLIKE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEIKLOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start POWDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found POWDERLIKE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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