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BUOYANCY
Definition of BUOYANCY
noun
The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BUOY · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUOYANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
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
BUOYANCY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCNOUYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Words that start BUOYAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUOYANCY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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