The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUGBEARS
Definition of BUGBEARS
noun
plural of bugbear
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Word DNA
BUGBEARS inherits its ancestry from its root, BUGBEAR.
How it is built
Same root, BUGBEAR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUGBEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUGBEARS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABBEGRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Could you have found BUGBEARS?
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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