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BOSTANGI
Definition of BOSTANGI
noun
Alternative spelling of bostanji.
BOSTANJI
noun
One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
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Word DNA
BOSTANGI inherits its ancestry from its root, BOSTANJI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (500)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOSTANJI · 2 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.
BOSTANGI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
Built from these letters
BOSTANGI starts with B and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ABGINOST - 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.
Could you have found BOSTANGI?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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