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BOUNTEOUS
Definition of BOUNTEOUS
adjective
Inclined to be generous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English bountevous, from Old French bontios; by surface analysis, bounty + ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% 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.
BOUNTEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
BOUNTEOUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BENOOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start BOUNTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BOUNTEOUS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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