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BOKO

/ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/4 letters

Definition of BOKO

noun

The nose.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Circa 1820. Multiple potential origins:

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BOKO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
68
First board
44
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.

First ever to find it

cody2101

on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOKO
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BOKO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.

Words that start BOKO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BOKO?

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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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