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BINARY
Definition of BINARY
adjective
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.
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.
BINARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BINARY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABINRY - 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.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BINARY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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