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BULKHEAD

/ˈbʌlk.hɛd/8 letters

Definition of BULKHEAD

noun

A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old Norse bálkr (“partition”) + head, anglicised as bulk + head.

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.

BULKHEAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 8 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
46
First board
94
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.

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Built from these letters

BULKHEAD
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BULKHEAD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHKLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start BULKHE

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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.

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