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BUCKRAM
Definition of BUCKRAM
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.
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.
BUCKRAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUCKRAM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCKMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUCKRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUCKRAM?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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