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BUNION
Definition of BUNION
noun
A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
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Where it comes from
From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).
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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.
BUNION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUNION starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BINNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start BUNION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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