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BEARDY
Definition of BEARDY
adjective
Bearded.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From beard + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian boartich (“bearded”), Dutch baardig (“bearded”), German bärtig (“bearded”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BEARD · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEARDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BEARDY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use 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 BEARDY?
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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