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BERDACHES
Definition of BERDACHES
noun
plural of berdache
noun
Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
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Word DNA
BERDACHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BERDACHE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,074)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BERDACHE · 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.
BERDACHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BERDACHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEEHRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found BERDACHES?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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