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BONHOMIE
Definition of BONHOMIE
noun
A friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bonhomie, bonhommie (“good-heartedness; extreme credulity”), from bonhomme (“chap, fellow; courageous man; peasant; unwise man who allows himself to be deceived and dominated”) (from bon (“good”) + homme (“man”)) + -ie (suffix forming feminine, usually abstract, nouns).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BONHOMIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BONHOMIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEHIMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BONHOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BONHOMIE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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