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BING
Definition of BING
noun
Solitary confinement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bing, binge, benge (also as Middle English byngger, bengere (“grain bin, hopper”)), from Old Norse bingr (“heap of corn; bed; bolster”), cognate with Scots bing, Swedish binge (“heap”), Danish bing (“bin; box; compartment”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic binnean meaning a small hill or slag heap.
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.
BING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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