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BILGES
Definition of BILGES
noun
plural of bilge
noun
The rounded portion of a ship's hull, forming a transition between the bottom and the sides.
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Other senses
BILGES carries 4 further meanings.
noun
in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
noun
Plural form of bilge.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bilge.
noun
in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side
Word DNA
BILGES inherits its ancestry from its root, BILGE.
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.
BILGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 169 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILGES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGILS - 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.
Could you have found BILGES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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