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VOLCANOES
Definition of VOLCANOES
noun
plural of volcano
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOLCANOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VOLCANOES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELNOOSV - 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.
Could you have found VOLCANOES?
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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