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BOASTS
Definition of BOASTS
noun
plural of boast
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Word DNA
BOASTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOAST.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,919)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOAST · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOASTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOASTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BOASTS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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