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BODHISATTVA
Definition of BODHISATTVA
noun
A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (792)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BODHISATTVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BODHISATTVA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABDHIOSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BODHISA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BODHISATTVA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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