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BOULE
Definition of BOULE
noun
One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word.
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.
BOULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOULE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BELOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BOULE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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