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BUSHIDOS
Definition of BUSHIDOS
Wiktionary has no entry for BUSHIDOS itself. This is its base word, BUSHIDO.
noun
An ethical code of the samurai that was prevalent in feudal Japan that advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BUSHIDO.
Borrowed from Japanese 武(ぶ)士(し)道(どう) (bushidō), from Middle Chinese 武士 (mju dzri, “warrior”) + 道 (daw, “way”). Cognate with Mandarin 武士 (wǔshì) and Cantonese 武士 (mou si).
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.
BUSHIDOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 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
BUSHIDOS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDHIOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found BUSHIDOS?
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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