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BOSQUES
Definition of BOSQUES
noun
plural of bosque
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Word DNA
BOSQUES inherits its ancestry from its root, BOSK.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, BOSK · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Italian, Middle Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOSQUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOSQUES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEOQSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start BOSQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOSQUES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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