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BOLOGNESE
Definition of BOLOGNESE
noun
An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian bolognese (literally “from Bologna”).
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.
BOLOGNESE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOLOGNESE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEGLNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start BOLOGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BOLOGNESE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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