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BOYCOTT
Definition of BOYCOTT
verb
To abstain, either as an individual or a group, from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organization as an expression of protest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Charles Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880. For the surname see Boycott.
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.
BOYCOTT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOYCOTT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCOOTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOYCOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOYCOTT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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