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BOLECTION

/bə(ʊ)ˈlɛkʃən/9 letters

Definition of BOLECTION

noun

A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unknown.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

BOLECTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its 3 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
72
First board
103
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

enbygabalus

on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOLECTION
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BOLECTION starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BCEILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start BOLECT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BOLECTION?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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