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BINOCULAR
Definition of BINOCULAR
adjective
Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French binoculaire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BINOCULAR · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BINOCULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BINOCULAR starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABCILNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BINOCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BINOCULAR?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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