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BILBOES
Definition of BILBOES
noun
An iron bar placed around the ankles of prisoners, and having sliding shackles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Purported to have been invented in Bilbao, Spain, yet the device's name predates the Spanish Armada that supposedly imported it.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (963)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BILBO · 2 relatives 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.
BILBOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILBOES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BBEILOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B 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 BILBOES?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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