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BEARISH
Definition of BEARISH
adjective
Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy.
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Where it comes from
From bear + -ish.
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.
BEARISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEARISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABEHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BEARIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEARISH?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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