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BUSKED
Definition of BUSKED
verb
simple past and past participle of busk
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Word DNA
BUSKED inherits its ancestry from its root, BUSK.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (957)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUSK · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUSKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUSKED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found BUSKED?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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