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BIVOUACS
Definition of BIVOUACS
noun
plural of bivouac
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Other senses
BIVOUACS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of bivouac.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac.
Word DNA
BIVOUACS inherits its ancestry from its root, BIVOUAC.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,654)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIVOUAC · 9 relatives in the game
BIVOUACS in a sentence
“The ants set up temporary camps, called bivouacs, and don't always venture forth to eat on a given day.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BIVOUACS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 326 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BIVOUACS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCIOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BIVOUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BIVOUACS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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