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BARWOOD
Definition of BARWOOD
noun
Red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for various other purposes such as ramrods, violin bows and handles for woodturning tools.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bar + wood, since it was imported from Africa in bars.
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.
BARWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BARWOOD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BARWOOD?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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