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BIATHLON
Definition of BIATHLON
noun
Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BIATHLON · 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.
BIATHLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BIATHLON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABHILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BIATHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BIATHLON?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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