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BILLYCAN
Definition of BILLYCAN
noun
A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From billy + can.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BILLYCAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BILLYCAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCILLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BILLYC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BILLYCAN?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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