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BULBUL
Definition of BULBUL
noun
Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
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.
BULBUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BULBUL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BBLLUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B, U and L appear more than once.
Could you have found BULBUL?
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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