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BONSPIEL
Definition of BONSPIEL
noun
A tournament in the sport of curling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots bonspiel, from Middle Scots bonspele, possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) + spel (“game”).
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.
BONSPIEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
BONSPIEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEILNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found BONSPIEL?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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