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BOTHRIUMS
Definition of BOTHRIUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for BOTHRIUMS itself. This is its base word, BOTHRIUM.
noun
A protruding cup or small groove used for adhesion, especially in cestodes.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BOTHRIUM.
From Ancient Greek βοθρίον (bothríon, “small trench”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOTHRIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTHRIUMS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BHIMORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOTHRIUMS?
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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