The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOULES
Definition of BOULES
noun
plural of boule
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
In the sense of the game, a shortening of French jeu de boules.
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.
BOULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOULES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BELOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BOULES?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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