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BARBIE
Definition of BARBIE
noun
A barbecue (apparatus for grilling).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of barbecue + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARBIE · 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.
BARBIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BARBIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABBEIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BARBIE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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