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BOSSINESS

9 letters

Definition of BOSSINESS

noun

The characteristic of being bossy.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From bossy + -ness.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-ness

Same root, BOSS · 12 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

BOSSINESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.

Built from these letters

BOSSINESS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start BOSSIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BOSSINGBOSSINGSBOSSINESSES

Could you have found BOSSINESS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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