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BARONY
Definition of BARONY
noun
The domain of a baron or baroness, usually as part of a larger kingdom or empire. Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties. Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English baronie, baronye, from Old French baronie, equivalent to baron + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BARONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARONY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BARONY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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