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BOSH
Definition of BOSH
noun
Nonsense.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوش (boş, “empty, unoccupied”). Entered popular usage in English from the novels of James Justinian Morier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Turkish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (175)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOSH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOSH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BOSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BOSH?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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