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BLESBUCK

8 letters

Definition of BLESBUCK

noun

A type of damalisk (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), an African antelope closely related to the hartebeest.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Afrikaans blesbok.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Afrikaans
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Afrikaans

Deepest traced root

35th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.2%

of traced words share this origin (145)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, BLESBUCK · 3 relatives in the game

Every Afrikaans word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

BLESBUCK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its 2 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
153
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

jzpPATRON

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BLESBUCK
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BLESBUCK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BBCEKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BLESBU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BLESBUCK?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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