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BUKSHI
Definition of BUKSHI
noun
The paymaster in native Indian states.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi बख्शी (bakhśī).
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.
BUKSHI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 79 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUKSHI starts with B and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BHIKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUKSHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BUKSHI?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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