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BOVINE
Definition of BOVINE
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle, buffaloes, or bison.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin bovīnus (“relating to cattle”), from Latin bōs (“ox”). Cognate to beef.
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.
BOVINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 273 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 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 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOVINE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEINOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BOVINE?
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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