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BARGUEST
Definition of BARGUEST
noun
Alternative spelling of barghest.
noun
A legendary monstrous black dog, said to possess large teeth and claws, and (sometimes) to be capable of changing form.
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Word DNA
BARGUEST inherits its ancestry from its root, BARGHEST.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BARGHEST · 2 relatives 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.
BARGUEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARGUEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEGRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BARGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found BARGUEST?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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