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BOYCHIK
Definition of BOYCHIK
noun
Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From American Yiddish בויטשיק (boytshik), from a blend of English boy + Russian ма́льчик (málʹčik, “boy”).
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.
BOYCHIK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOYCHIK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCHIKOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOYCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found BOYCHIK?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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