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TINDERBOX
Definition of TINDERBOX
noun
A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire.
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Where it comes from
From tinder + box, first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TINDERBOX · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TINDERBOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TINDERBOX starts with T and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BDEINORTX - 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 TINDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TINDERBOX?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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