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BERET
Definition of BERET
noun
A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French béret, from Occitan (Gascon) berret (“cap”), from Old Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum, from Late Latin birrus (“large hooded cloak”), from Gaulish birrus (“short cloak”), from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”) (compare Welsh byr, Middle Irish berr). Compare biretta.
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.
BERET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BERET starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BERET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BERET?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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