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BERTH
Definition of BERTH
noun
Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore. A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor. A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage. A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin. A job or position on a vessel.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Late Middle English birth (“(nautical) bearing away or off, clearance, berth”). Further etymology uncertain, but probably from beren (“to carry (away), bear”) + -th (suffix denoting a condition, quality, state of being, etc., forming nouns); if so, the English word is analysable as bear + -th (suffix forming nouns from verbs), and is a piecewise doublet of birth. The verb is derived from the noun.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BERTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BERTH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BERTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BERTH?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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