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BILBY

/ˈbɪlbiː/5 letters

Definition of BILBY

noun

An Australian desert marsupial of the only extant species Macrotis lagotis with distinctive large ears and approximately the size of a rabbit.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Gamilaraay bilbi.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

BILBY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

kaligula

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BILBY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BILBY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BBILY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Could you have found BILBY?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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