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PROPELLANT
Definition of PROPELLANT
noun
anything that propels fuel, oxidizer, reaction mass or mixture for one or more engines (especially internal combustion engines or jet engines) that is carried within a vehicle prior to use the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content the explosive found in ammunition cartridges
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Where it comes from
From propel + -ant.
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.
PROPELLANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROPELLANT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AELLNOPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PROPEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROPELLANT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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