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BILK
Definition of BILK
noun
The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BILK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BIKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BILK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BILK?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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