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BULBIL

6 letters

Definition of BULBIL

noun

A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.

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Where it comes from

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BULBIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

santiago

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BULBIL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BULBIL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BBILLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B and L appear more than once.

Words that start BULBIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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