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BIRSY

/ˈbɜːsɪ/5 letters

Definition of BIRSY

adjective

bristling, bristly (of an animal such as a wolf or a bear).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From birse + -y (“having the quality of”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

BIRSY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its 3 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
70
First board
89
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First ever to find it

tino

on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BIRSY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BIRSY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BIRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found BIRSY?

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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.

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