The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOUTADE
Definition of BOUTADE
noun
A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.
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.
BOUTADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUTADE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOUTADE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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