BUNKER

Where it comes from

The origin of the noun is uncertain; the earliest sense is sense 7.1 (“box or chest, the lid of which serves as a seat”), from Scots bunker (“bench; pew; window-seat; sand pit (especially in golf); coal receptacle; sleeping berth, bunk”), from Early Scots bunker, bunkur, bonker (“a chest or box, often serving as a seat”), probably from Old Norse bunki (“a heap”) (probably whence bunk (“sleeping berth in a ship, train, etc.”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkô (“a heap, pile; a bump, lump, a crowd”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”) or *bʰeg- (“to billow, swell; to arch, bend, curve (?)”). Compare Middle Low German bunge (“drum, container”), Middle High German bunge (“drum”). Sense 1 (“hardened shelter designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks”) was derived from German Bunker during World War II, which was itself from bunker (“large bin or container for storing coal”) (sense 5). The verb is derived from the noun.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

BUNKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.

Built from these letters

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

Words that start BUNKER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 6