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BUBONOCELE
Definition of BUBONOCELE
noun
An inguinal hernia, especially of the incomplete variety in which the hernial sac descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bubo + -cele.
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.
BUBONOCELE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUBONOCELE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BBCEELNOOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B, O and E appear more than once.
Could you have found BUBONOCELE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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