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BEARS
Definition of BEARS
noun
plural of bear
noun
A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet. The meat of this animal.
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Word DNA
BEARS inherits its ancestry from its root, BEAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, BEAR · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Persian, Polish and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
BEARS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BEARS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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