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BOWDLERISING
Definition of BOWDLERISING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
BOWDLERISING inherits its ancestry from its root, BOWDLERISE.
How it is built
Same root, BOWDLERISE · 2 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.
BOWDLERISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
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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