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BUMKIN
Definition of BUMKIN
noun
A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
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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.
BUMKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUMKIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BIKMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BUMKIN?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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