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BOULLE
Definition of BOULLE
noun
Alternative form of buhl.
noun
A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After André Charles Boulle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BUHL · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOULLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOULLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BELLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 BOULLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOULLE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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