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BUSTED

/ˈbʌs.tɪd/6 letters

Definition of BUSTED

adjective

Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

See bust (Etymology 2)

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BUSTED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 14 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
13
First board
103
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

ghelfer

on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BUSTED
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUSTED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDESTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found BUSTED?

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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