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BOSHBOKS
Definition of BOSHBOKS
Wiktionary has no entry for BOSHBOKS itself. This is its base word, BOSHBOK.
noun
Archaic spelling of bushbuck.
noun
Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BOSHBOK.
From Dutch bosch (“wood”) + bok (“buck”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (713)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOSHBOK · 1 relative 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.
BOSHBOKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOSHBOKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BBHKOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B, O and S appear more than once.
Could you have found BOSHBOKS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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