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BAREFACED
Definition of BAREFACED
adjective
Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
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Where it comes from
Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced. Compare typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).
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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.
BAREFACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BAREFACED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABCDEEFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start BAREFA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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