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BINIOU

/ˈbɪnjuː/6 letters

Definition of BINIOU

noun

A set of traditional Breton bagpipes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Breton binioù, plural of béni.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BINIOU in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
107
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

ruthsteinh

on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BINIOU
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

BINIOU starts with B and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read BIINOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start BINIOU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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