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BARRENS
Definition of BARRENS
noun
plural of barren
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Word DNA
BARRENS inherits its ancestry from its root, BARREN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (975)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BARREN · 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.
BARRENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARRENS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABENRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BARREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARRENS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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