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BUCKTHORNS
Definition of BUCKTHORNS
noun
plural of buckthorn
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUCKTHORNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 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
BUCKTHORNS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCHKNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found BUCKTHORNS?
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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