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BILE
Definition of BILE
noun
A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French bile, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). Partially displaced native English gall (“bile”), from Middle English galle, from Old English galla, ġealla (“gall, bile”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,853)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BILE · 3 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.
BILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found BILE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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