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BOWDLERISM
Definition of BOWDLERISM
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Bowdler + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOWDLERISM · 1 relative 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.
BOWDLERISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOWDLERISM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BDEILMORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOWDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BOWDLERISM?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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