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BODE
Definition of BODE
verb
Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived partly from the following: The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“foreboding, omen; message, report; command, edict; (Christianity) commandment; etc.”), from Old English bod (“command, edict, order”), from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, mandate, order”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message; offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (see above).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BODE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BODE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BODE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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