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BUCKO
Definition of BUCKO
noun
A boastful or bullying man.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From buck (“male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).
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.
BUCKO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUCKO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BCKOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BUCKO?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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