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BILLY
Definition of BILLY
noun
A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of obscure origin. Perhaps a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare Scots billie (“a comrade; companion”). Compare also Middle Low German billig (“equitable, reasonable, lawful, fitting, according to natural law, just”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BILLY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BILLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BILLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BILLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BILLY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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