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BUSHING
Definition of BUSHING
noun
A type of plain bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
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Where it comes from
From bush (“metal lining of the axle hole of a wheel or touch hole of a gun”) + -ing.
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.
BUSHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUSHING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGHINSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUSHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BUSHING?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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