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THUNDERBOX
Definition of THUNDERBOX
noun
A chamber pot enclosed in a box; a portable commode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thunder + box. Senses 1 and 2 (“portable commode; any lavatory or toilet”) are probably because of the noises that may be made while defecating.
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.
THUNDERBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 119, 16 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THUNDERBOX starts with T and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BDEHNORTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start THUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THUNDERBOX?
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 119 - and most players walked straight past it.
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