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BUSHES
Definition of BUSHES
noun
plural of bush
noun
A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
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Word DNA
BUSHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BUSH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, BUSH · 20 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Persian and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUSHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUSHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEHSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found BUSHES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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