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TURBINE
Definition of TURBINE
noun
Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
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.
TURBINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TURBINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TURBIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TURBINE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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