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BONESHAKER
Definition of BONESHAKER
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bone + shaker, from the uncomfortableness of the ride.
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.
BONESHAKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BONESHAKER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BONESH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BONESHAKER?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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