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BUSTIER
Definition of BUSTIER
noun
A tight-fitting women's top, often strapless, which covers the bust and sometimes extends over the belly, worn either as an undergarment or as outerwear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bustier, from buste + -ier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUSTIER · 1 relative 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.
BUSTIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BUSTIER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BUSTIER?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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