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BOSUN
Definition of BOSUN
noun
Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
noun
A person aboard ship who is in charge of various maritime affairs. The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship. The petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Phonemic respelling of boatswain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOATSWAIN · 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.
BOSUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 175 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOSUN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BNOSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BOSUN?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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