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BOSSET

6 letters

Definition of BOSSET

noun

A small boss or knob, especially one in a series.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From boss + -et.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BOSSET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

ericmbudd

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BOSSET
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BOSSET starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

BESOTSBETOSS

Words that start BOSSET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BOSSETS

Could you have found BOSSET?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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