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BEARDTONGUE
Definition of BEARDTONGUE
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
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Where it comes from
From beard + tongue.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BEARDTONGUE · 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.
BEARDTONGUE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 155 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEARDTONGUE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEGNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BEARDTONGUE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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