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THUNDERBOLTS

12 letters

Definition of THUNDERBOLTS

noun

plural of thunderbolt

THUNDERBOLT

noun

A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

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Word DNA

THUNDERBOLTS inherits its ancestry from its root, THUNDERBOLT.

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, THUNDERBOLT · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THUNDERBOLTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 152
Its one board, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.

Built from these letters

THUNDERBOLTS
12
Letters
3
Vowels
9
Consonants
11
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THUNDERBOLTS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEHLNORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start THUNDERB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THUNDERBOXTHUNDERBIRDTHUNDERBOLTTHUNDERBIRDS

Could you have found THUNDERBOLTS?

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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.

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