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BOURGEOIS
Definition of BOURGEOIS
adjective
Of or relating to the middle class , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
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Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.
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.
BOURGEOIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 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 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOURGEOIS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGIOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BOURGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found BOURGEOIS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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