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BIELDY
Definition of BIELDY
adjective
Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bield + -y. Cognate with Scots beildy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BIELD · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BIELDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BIELDY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDEILY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BIELDY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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