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PREHEATS
Definition of PREHEATS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of preheat
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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.
PREHEATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PREHEATS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PREHEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PREHEATS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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