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BUNCO
Definition of BUNCO
noun
A swindle or confidence trick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.
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.
BUNCO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUNCO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BCNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUNCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found BUNCO?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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