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BOLAS
Definition of BOLAS
noun
A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish bola(s) (“ball(s)”) and Portuguese bola(s) (“ball(s)”). First attested in 1843.
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.
BOLAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BOLAS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOLAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOLAS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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