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BOWDLERISING
Definition of BOWDLERISING
verb
present participle and gerund of bowdlerise
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOWDLERISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BOWDLERISING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDEGIILNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BOWDLERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOWDLERISING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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