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BODACIOUS
Definition of BODACIOUS
adjective
Audacious and unrestrained.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina) or a blend of bold and audacious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BODACIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BODACIOUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDIOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BODACIOUS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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