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BARACHOIS

/ˌbæɹəˈʃwɑː/9 letters

Definition of BARACHOIS

noun

A coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French barachois, from Basque barratxoa (“little bar”).

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.

BARACHOIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
116
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

missy

on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BARACHOIS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BARACHOIS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCHIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Could you have found BARACHOIS?

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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.

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