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BEARDTONGUE
Definition of BEARDTONGUE
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From beard + tongue.
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.
BEARDTONGUE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 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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