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BIRO

/ˈbaɪ.ɹəʊ/4 letters

Definition of BIRO

noun

A Biro brand ballpoint pen.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Genericized trademark of BIRO, named after László Bíró, the inventor of the first commercially succesful ballpoint pen.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

BIRO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
28
First board
99
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

BIRO
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BIRO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BIOR - 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 BIRO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BIROSBIROSTRATE

Could you have found BIRO?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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