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BOREDOM
Definition of BOREDOM
noun
The state of being bored.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bore + -dom.
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.
BOREDOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 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 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOREDOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BDEMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BOREDOM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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