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BONKERS
Definition of BONKERS
adjective
Mad; crazy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head, compare whacky); perhaps related to earlier bonce.
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.
BONKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BONKERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BONKERS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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