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BINOCULARS
Definition of BINOCULARS
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of "binocular glass".
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.
BINOCULARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BINOCULARS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCILNORSU - 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 7
Could you have found BINOCULARS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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