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BOOGEYMAN
Definition of BOOGEYMAN
noun
Alternative form of bogeyman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By alteration from bogeyman.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOGEYMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOGEYMAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEGMNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOGEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BOOGEYMAN?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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