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BARDO
Definition of BARDO
noun
The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tibetan བར་དོ (bar do), from བར (bar, “interval”) + དོ (do, “two”), in the sense of an interval between two states.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARDO · 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.
BARDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARDO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABDOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BARDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BARDO?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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