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BOUGHPOTS
Definition of BOUGHPOTS
noun
plural of boughpot
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Word DNA
BOUGHPOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOUGH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, BOUGH · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOUGHPOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUGHPOTS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGHOOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BOUGHPOTS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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