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BUXOM

/ˈbʌksəm/5 letters

Definition of BUXOM

adjective

Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English buxom, also ibucsum, ibuhsum (“bendsome, flexible, pliant, obedient”), from Old English bōcsum, *būhsum, *ġebūhsum (“bendsome, pliant, obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *beuhsam, *beugsam, equivalent to bow (“to bend, bow at the waist”) + -some or buck (“to bend, buckle, kick”) + -some. Cognate with Scots bowsome (“compliant”), West Frisian bûgsum (“flexible, bendy”), Dutch buigzaam (“flexible, pliant”), German biegsam (“flexible, pliant”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

BUXOM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 244 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
67
First board
105
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

BUXOM
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUXOM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BMOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start BUXOM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BUXOMERBUXOMLYBUXOMESTBUXOMNESSBUXOMNESSES

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