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BONCE

/bɒns/5 letters

Definition of BONCE

noun

A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce.

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Where it comes from

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to bonzer.

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Rarity score
Withheld
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.

BONCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 7 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
73
First board
119
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

luriluri

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

Also on

Built from these letters

BONCE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BONCE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BONCE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BONCE?

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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.

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