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BICE
Definition of BICE
noun
A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige.
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.
BICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
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 ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BICE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BICE?
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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