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BIGOT
Definition of BIGOT
noun
One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
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Where it comes from
From French bigot (“a sanctimonious person; a religious hypocrite”), from Middle French bigot, from Old French bigot, of disputed origin. It is most often believed to have derived from the identical Old French derogatory term bigot applied to the overly religious Normans, said to be known for frequently swearing Middle English bi God (“by God”) (compare Old English bī god, Middle High German bī got, Middle Dutch bi gode), which is also thought to be the origin of the surname Bigott, Bygott. (Compare the French use of "godons" and "goddamns" to refer to the English in Joan of Arc's time, and les sommobiches (see son of a bitch) during World War I). From meaning "someone overly religious" it came to mean "someone overly devoted to their own religious opinion", and then to its current sense. The French Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales supports the Germanic origin theory above. Liberman however opines that this has "too strong a taste of a folk etymological guess invented in retrospect" and prefers Grammont et al.'s theory that it derives from Albigot (“inhabitant of Albi”), named after the commune in southern France where Catharism (also known as Albigensianism) is thought to have originated. However, neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor Online Etymology Dictionary list Grammont and Liberman's theory among their possible origins. Compare typologically Russian ханжа́ (xanžá) (< Ottoman Turkish حاجی (hacı, “Kaaba pilgrim”)).
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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.
BIGOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BIGOT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BGIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BIGOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found BIGOT?
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