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BUSTARD
Definition of BUSTARD
noun
Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is a misnomer as bustards are fast runners.
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.
BUSTARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BUSTARD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUSTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BUSTARD?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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