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BIRD
Definition of BIRD
noun
An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl as the most common term starting in the 14th century. The "booing/jeering" and "vulgar hand gesture" senses derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a goose”, dated in the mid‐18th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIRD · 12 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.
BIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BIRD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDIR - 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.
Words that start BIRD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found BIRD?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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