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BILLON
Definition of BILLON
noun
Any of several alloys of precious metals and base metals that are used (where legal) to make coins, medals etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French billon, from Old French bille (“stick of wood”).
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.
BILLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILLON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BILLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BILLON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BILLON?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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