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BONDUC
Definition of BONDUC
noun
Synonym of nicker tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bonduc, from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭣𐭪 (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικὸν κάρυον (Pontikòn káruon, “Pontic nut”). Doublet of bundook.
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.
BONDUC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BONDUC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCDNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BONDUC?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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