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BUDDLE
Definition of BUDDLE
noun
An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare German butteln (“to shake”).
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.
BUDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 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
BUDDLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDDELU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUDDLE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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