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VOLCANO
Definition of VOLCANO
noun
A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
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Where it comes from
From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.
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.
VOLCANO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VOLCANO starts with V and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ACLNOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start VOLCAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VOLCANO?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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