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BUPKIS
Definition of BUPKIS
noun
Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
BUPKIS carries a second meaning.
noun
A worthless amount; little or nothing.
Where it comes from
Borrowed prior to 1931 from Yiddish באָבקעס (bobkes), plural of באָבקע (bobke, “goat or sheep dropping”), from באָב (bob, “bean”) + ־קע (-ke) calquing Polish bobek (“oval-shaped turd”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bobъ (“bean, fava bean”). Popularized by American Jewish writer Sam Denoff in mid-1960s The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Slavic
- Polish
- Yiddish
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
48th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (17)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
BUPKIS in a sentence
“I care about immigration policy to, but again, she had absolutely nothing, zip, nada, bupkis to do with SB1070 and up to the day she signed it, nobody knew if she would.”
Gov. Brewer removes AG Goddard from immigration law defense. | RedState, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUPKIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUPKIS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIKPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BUPKIS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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