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BOLSHIE
Definition of BOLSHIE
noun
A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Bolshevik (Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), the socialist party in the 1918 Russian Revolution, from Russian большевики́ (bolʹševikí, “majority faction”), + -ie.
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.
BOLSHIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOLSHIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEHILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOLSHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOLSHIE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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