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BOUGHTEN
Definition of BOUGHTEN
adjective
Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade), storebought.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bought + -en (past participle ending of some verbs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOUGHTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUGHTEN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEGHNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found BOUGHTEN?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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