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BUGLOSS
Definition of BUGLOSS
noun
Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, buglossus, from Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “Anchusa italica”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
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.
BUGLOSS 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 47 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
BUGLOSS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGLOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUGLOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUGLOSS?
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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