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BUFFALOES
Definition of BUFFALOES
noun
plural of buffalo
noun
An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
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Word DNA
BUFFALOES inherits its ancestry from its root, BUFFALO.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,469)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUFFALO · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUFFALOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUFFALOES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEFFLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUFFAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUFFALOES?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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