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BOULDERINGS
Definition of BOULDERINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BOULDERINGS itself. This is its base word, BOULDER.
noun
A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BOULDER.
From late Middle English bulder, short for Middle English bulder ston (“a stone that's been worn into a round shape, boulder, cobblestone”), possibly from Old Swedish *buldersten, itself possibly from Old Swedish bulder (“rumble, noise”) + sten (“stone”); whence dialectal Swedish bullersten (“large stone in a stream, causing water to roar around it”). The first element may alternatively be allied to Old Swedish bulle, bolle (“round drinking vessel, tumbler”), from Old Norse bolli, related to Old English bolla (“round object, bowl”), see English bowl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
BOULDERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOULDERINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEGILNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BOULDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BOULDERINGS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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