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BOOSE
Definition of BOOSE
noun
A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
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.
BOOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOSE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BOOSE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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