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BUSHEL
Definition of BUSHEL
noun
A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts; equivalent in volume to approximately 0.0364 cubic meters (imperial bushel) or 0.0352 cubic meters (U.S. bushel).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English busshel, from Old French boissel, from boisse, a grain measure based on Gaulish *bostyā (“handful”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”), Old Irish bas), from Proto-Indo-European *gwost-, *gwosdʰ- (“branch”).
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.
BUSHEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BUSHEL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEHLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUSHEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BUSHEL?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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