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BILGE
Definition of BILGE
noun
The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Likely derived from bulge. Compare Middle English bulgen (“to ground or scuttle a ship”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BILGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BILGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 252 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILGE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEGIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BILGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BILGE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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