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BOWDLERISED
Definition of BOWDLERISED
verb
simple past and past participle of bowdlerise
BOWDLERIZE · via bowdlerise
verb
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
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Word DNA
BOWDLERISED inherits its ancestry from its root, BOWDLERISE.
How it is built
Same root, BOWDLERISE · 3 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.
BOWDLERISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWDLERISED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDDEEILORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start BOWDLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWDLERISED?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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