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BOYGS
Definition of BOYGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BOYGS itself. This is its base word, BOYG.
noun
Formless hindrances personified as an enemy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BOYG.
Norwegian Bøyg
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.
BOYGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOYGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOYGS?
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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