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BEAUCOUP

/boʊˈkuː/8 letters

Definition of BEAUCOUP

determiner

Much, many, a lot of.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French beaucoup, early 20th century. Popularized by American GIs during the Vietnam War. The pronunciation /ˈbuːkuː/ was influenced by Louisiana French boucoup, a variant.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEAUCOUP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 3 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
42
First board
103
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

candoish

on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BEAUCOUP
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

BEAUCOUP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ABCEOPUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start BEAUCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.

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