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BOGLING
Definition of BOGLING
verb
present participle and gerund of bogle
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Word DNA
BOGLING inherits its ancestry from its root, BOGLE.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (141)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOGLE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOGLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOGLING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGGILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BOGLING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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