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BULWARK
Definition of BULWARK
noun
A defensive wall or rampart.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.
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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.
BULWARK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BULWARK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABKLRUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BULWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BULWARK?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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