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BONITO

/bəˈniːtoʊ/6 letters

Definition of BONITO

noun

Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish bonito (“bonito”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

BONITO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
1
First board
99
Latest board
78
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.

Built from these letters

BONITO
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BONITO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BINOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start BONITO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.

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