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BERTHES
Definition of BERTHES
noun
plural of berthe
BERTHE
noun
A sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress.
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Word DNA
BERTHES inherits its ancestry from its root, BERTHE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BERTHE · 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.
BERTHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BERTHES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found BERTHES?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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