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BIRSY
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).
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.
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
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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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